Quark-Gluon Plasma – Which Filled the Universe Shortly After the Big Bang – Flows Like Water
What does quark-gluon plasma — the hot soup of elementary particles formed a few microseconds after the Big Bang — have in common with tap…
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Scientists Catch Exciting Magnetic Waves in Action in the Sun’s Photosphere
Researchers have confirmed the existence of magnetic plasma waves, known as Alfvén waves, in the Sun’s photosphere. The study, published in Nature Astronomy, provides new…
Researchers Collect DNA From the Air – Potential for New Ecological, Health and Forensic Applications
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that animal DNA shed within the environment can be collected from the…
Secrets of Unopened Letter From Renaissance Europe Revealed – Without Breaking Its Seal or Damaging It
Secrets of Sealed 17th Century Letters Revealed by Dental X-ray Scanners In a world first, an international team of researchers has read an unopened letter…
New Research Finds Consuming Omega-3 Fatty Acids Could Prevent Asthma
New research suggests that a higher dietary intake of long chain omega-3 fatty acids in childhood may reduce the risk of developing subsequent asthma, but…
New Research Reignites Debate Around the Behavior of the Giant Dinosaur Spinosaurus
New research from Queen Mary University of London and the University of Maryland, has reignited the debate around the behavior of the giant dinosaur Spinosaurus….
Building Blocks of Life Can Form in Interstellar Clouds Long Before Stars
An international team of scientists has shown that glycine, the simplest amino acid and an important building block of life, can form under the harsh…
Fundamental Physics: Scientists Discover the Fastest Possible Speed of Sound
A research collaboration between Queen Mary University of London, the University of Cambridge and the Institute for High Pressure Physics in Troitsk has discovered the…
New Research Reveals Startling Privacy Risks of Home Security Cameras
An international study has used data from a major home Internet Protocol (IP) security camera provider to evaluate potential privacy risks for users. IP home…
Scientists Find Genes to Save Ash Trees From Deadly Beetle That Is Expected to Kill Billions of Trees Worldwide
An international team of scientists have identified candidate resistance genes that could protect ash trees from the Emerald Ash Borer (EAB), a deadly pest that…
Finding Neverland’s Parameters: Astronomers Discover How Long-Lived Peter Pan Disks Evolve
New research from scientists at Queen Mary University of London has revealed how long-lived Peter Pan disks form, which could provide new insights into how…
Can We Really Tell Male and Female Dinosaurs Apart?
Scientists worldwide have long debated our ability to identify male and female dinosaurs. Now, research led by Queen Mary University of London has shown that…
Scientists Discover Fundamental Physical Constants Govern How Runny a Liquid Can Be
Scientists from Queen Mary University of London and the Russian Academy of Sciences have found a limit to how runny a liquid can be. Viscosity,…
Bringing Order to Chaos: Mathematicians Develop New Theory to Explain Real-World Randomness
Brownian motion describes the random movement of particles in fluids, however, this revolutionary model only works when a fluid is static, or at equilibrium. In…
Psychologists Uncover Secret to Achieving Goals – Simple Trick With Reward and Effort
Research led by scientists at Queen Mary University of London has provided new insights into why people often make unrealistic plans that are doomed to…
In Fight Against the Deadliest Cancer, Scientists Have a Strange Ally – The Foot-and-Mouth-Disease Virus
The foot-and-mouth-disease virus is helping scientists to tackle a common cancer with the worst survival rate — pancreatic cancer. Researchers at Queen Mary University of…
New Hope for Treatment for Leading Cause of Blindness After Research Breakthrough
Researchers have identified a new protein linked to age-related macular degeneration (AMD) that could offer new hope for the diagnosis and treatment of the disease,…
Cheaper Renewable Energy by Fine-Tuning Thermoelectric Materials
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have developed new thermoelectric materials, which could provide a low-cost option for converting heat energy into electricity. Materials…
