Primates’ Ancestors May Have Left Trees To Survive Asteroid That Wiped Out the Dinosaurs
When an asteroid struck 66 million years ago and wiped out dinosaurs not related to birds and three-quarters of life on Earth, early ancestors of…
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New Science Shows Earth’s Natural Carbon Sinks Hold Vital Power in Climate Fight
Earth’s vast habitats from the poles to the equator have robust capacity to remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere due to previously undiscovered rock nitrogen weathering reactions…
Extreme Exoplanet – An Ultra-Hot Jupiter Where It Rains Iron – Even More Exotic Than Originally Thought
Considered an ultra-hot Jupiter – a place where iron gets vaporized, condenses on the night side and then falls from the sky like rain –…
Scientists Find a New Way To Reverse Immune Suppression in Cancer Tumors
Malignant tumors can enhance their ability to survive and spread by suppressing antitumor immune cells in their vicinity, but a study led by researchers at…
Ancient Footprints Provide Evidence of Human Activity in the Americas Thousands of Years Earlier Than Thought
Footprints found at White Sands National Park in New Mexico provide the earliest unequivocal evidence of human activity in the Americas and offer insight into…
Warming Atlantic Ocean Drives Right Whales Towards Extinction
Warming oceans have driven the critically endangered North Atlantic right whale population from its traditional and protected habitat, exposing the animals to more lethal ship…
Dodging Bullies: Female Hummingbirds Disguise Themselves As Males To Evade Harassment
New study finds females that who look like males get more food. New research on the glittering white-necked jacobin hummingbird reveals nearly 20% of the…
Improving Photosynthesis in Crops To Boost Yields
In order to feed a projected 9 billion people by 2050, farmers need to grow 50% more food on a limited amount of arable land….
“Blue” Hydrogen Is Supposed To Be Clean Energy, but May Actually Be Worse Than Gas and Coal
“Blue” hydrogen – an energy source that involves a process for making hydrogen by using methane in natural gas – is being lauded by many…
NASA’s Dragonfly Mission to Saturn’s Moon Titan Announces Big Science Goals
Among our solar system’s many moons, Saturn’s Titan stands out – it’s the only moon with a substantial atmosphere and liquid on the surface. It…
Nanostructures Enable Record High-Harmonic Generation From Ultra-Intense Laser Pulses
Cornell researchers have developed nanostructures that enable record-breaking conversion of laser pulses into high-harmonic generation, paving the way for new scientific tools for high-resolution imaging…
Evidence of Explosive Volcanic Activity on Venus
Traces of the gas phosphine point to volcanic activity on Venus, according to new research from Cornell University. Last autumn, scientists revealed that phosphine was…
Researchers Find Clean Air Act Saved 1.5 Billion Birds Over the Last 40 Years
Improved air quality, reduced ozone pollution may have averted bird deaths. U.S. pollution regulations meant to protect humans from dirty air are also saving birds….
Alien Life in These Star-Systems Could Have Spotted Earth After Human Civilization Blossomed
Scientists at Cornell University and the American Museum of Natural History have identified 2,034 nearby star-systems — within the small cosmic distance of 326 light-years…
New Ultrathin Liquid Crystal Metalens Offers Electric Zoom
Researchers from Cornell’s School of Applied and Engineering Physics and Samsung’s Advanced Institute of Technology have created a first-of-its-kind metalens – a metamaterial lens – that can…
Beemmunity: Pollen-Sized Technology Protects Bees From Deadly Insecticides
A Cornell-developed technology provides beekeepers, consumers and farmers with an antidote for deadly pesticides, which kill wild bees and cause beekeepers to lose around a…
Study Across 60 Cities in 32 Countries and Six Continents Reveals: New Species Are All Around Us!
About 12,000 bacteria and viruses collected in a sampling from public transit systems and hospitals around the world from 2015 to 2017 had never before…
Incredible Microscope Sees Atoms at Record Resolution
In 2018, Cornell researchers built a high-powered detector that, in combination with an algorithm-driven process called ptychography, set a world record by tripling the resolution of…