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17 hours ago | 
phys.org | Chris Packham |Gaby Clark |Robert Egan
This week, Chinese researchers reported a nearly complete skull representing the first known sauropod species from East Asia. A team at the USDA identified viruses from a miticide-resistant parasitic mite causing honey bee colony collapses. And archaeologists report that the Philippines had a technologically advanced maritime culture 35,000 years ago.
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1 week ago | 
phys.org | Chris Packham |Gaby Clark |Robert Egan
A new study of the Gobi Wall in the Gobi highland desert of Mongolia reveals a multifunctional role beyond defense; data from the James Webb Space Telescope is bringing physicists closer to resolving the Hubble tension; and a U.S.-based team of astronomers stumbled on a new dwarf planet in the outer solar system while searching for Planet Nine.
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3 weeks ago | 
phys.org | Chris Packham
This week, paleontologists reported finding new details in an Archaeopteryx fossil via CT scanning and UV light exposure. NASA engineers revived a set of thrusters aboard Voyager 1 that had been considered inoperable in 2004. And researchers are challenging a set of evolutionary assumptions regarding the importance of an ancient protein motif.
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4 weeks ago | 
phys.org | Chris Packham
This week, physicists at CERN reported the transmutation of lead into gold in the Large Hadron Collider, raising the possibility that a Science X alchemy vertical could be on the horizon. An international research collaborative developed a new method to identify bacteria within minutes. And researchers in California have identified tap water as another transmission pathway for E. coli bacteria.
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1 month ago | 
radiotimes.com | Chris Packham |Robin Parker
Whether I'm on the train or in an art gallery, I'm told by everyone from teenagers to grandparents that the series gave them a better understanding of themselves, or one of their relatives or colleagues, to the extent that it precipitated diagnoses, positive changes in their lives or a better societal understanding of the condition.
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1 month ago | 
phys.org | Chris Packham
This week, archaeologists identified depictions of the Milky Way galaxy in ancient Egyptian imagery. A mathematician found a new way to solve higher polynomial equations, one of algebra's oldest challenges. And climbing shoe abrasion releases chemicals that could be a health hazard for indoor climbers.
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1 month ago | 
phys.org | Chris Packham
This week, researchers uncovered the negative pressure mechanisms plants use to communicate stress. Linguists found that the melody of spoken language in English functions as its own, distinct language. And there was also depressing news! Like the Trump administration slashing NASA's budget, which could scrap the James Webb Space Telescope right at the beginning of its operational life (they're also pushing to scrap the completed Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope before its launch).
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1 month ago | 
phys.org | Chris Packham
This week, the Curiosity rover found large carbon deposits on Mars, suggesting an ancient carbon cycle. Researchers exploring the domestication of cats believe they may have originally pounced out of Tunisia. And researchers in Michigan report that during the shift of Earth's magnetic pole 41,000 years ago, Homo sapiens may have protected themselves from harmful solar radiation with technologies including clothing, shelter and prehistoric sunscreen.
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1 month ago | 
phys.org | Chris Packham
This week, researchers reported a brain circuit linked to the intensity of political behavior. Microbiologists found that the 2018 eruption of the Kīlauea volcano drove a rare, massive summertime phytoplankton bloom, the largest ever recorded in the North Pacific. And a physics professor at the University of Alabama in Huntsville proposed a new model of the universe built on multiple singularities rather than a single Big Bang.
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2 months ago | 
phys.org | Chris Packham
This week, researchers reported on nine rivers and lakes in the Americas that defy hydrologic expectations. Geologists report that Earth's first crust probably had chemical features similar to today's continental crust. And engineers advanced quantum technology by merging two exotic, lab-synthesized materials into an artificial structure, atom by atom.
