Hyades Star Cluster Revelations: Earth’s Nearest Black Holes Uncovered
Black holes are one of the most mysterious and fascinating phenomena in the Universe. Researchers suggest the presence of several black holes in the Hyades…
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Scientists Solve Mystery of Microgels
Scientists from PSI and the University of Barcelona have managed to explain the strange behavior of microgels. Their experiments with neutron beams have stretched the…
RNF41 – New Therapeutic Target for Cirrhosis and Liver Inflammation Identified
New research reveals the role of the RNF41 protein in liver fibrosis. The RNF41 protein could be a new therapeutic target in the fight against…
Solving a Paleontological Puzzle: Why Do We Find So Much Amber in Cretaceous Rocks?
New research delves into the enigma of the mass production of resin during the Cretaceous period, which led to the formation of amber. It emphasizes…
Unraveling Cosmic Mysteries: Celestial Monsters and the Origins of Globular Clusters
Researchers from the universities of Geneva, Paris, and Barcelona have uncovered strong evidence that the peculiarities seen in sizable star clusters can be explained by…
Huntington’s Disease Breakthrough: New Altered Neural Circuits Discovered
A hereditary condition that affects the brain’s neurons. Huntington’s disease is a genetic neurodegenerative condition that results in motor, cognitive, and psychiatric impairments in those…
Scientists Have Decrypted the “Mechanical Code” of DNA
An international team of researchers, led by Durham University in the UK, has uncovered previously unknown ways in which nature encodes biological information in a…
Turning Cancer Cells Into Normal Cells
A mechanism is discovered that explains how cancer cells transform into normal, harmless ones. A recent study explains how changing the chemical modifications, or so-called epigenetics,…
Trojan Asteroid That Will Follow Earth in Orbit for 4,000 Years Discovered After a Decade of Searching
An International team of astronomers led by researcher Toni Santana-Ros, from the University of Alicante and the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of…
Galaxy’s Edge: Mystery Substructures Discovered in Milky Way’s Outer Disk
An international team of astronomers led by researcher Chervin Laporte of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB-IEEC) has revealed a…
The Mysterious Ocean Plastic Sink: Gone With the Rivers
Plastics are a growing problem for natural ecosystems around the globe, and in particular for our marine and freshwater environments. Rivers are the leading source…
Massive Extinction of Species in the Late Cretaceous Was Not Caused by Extreme Volcanism
A study published in the journal Geology rules out that extreme volcanic episodes had any influence on the massive extinction of species in the late…
Astronomers Discover a Supra-Massive Black Hole Population in a “Fluffy” Star Cluster in Our Galaxy
Palomar 5 is a unique star cluster. This is firstly because it is one of the “fluffiest” clusters in the halo of our Galaxy, with…
A Sea of Garbage: Ocean Floor Landfills
The Long Journey of Litter to the Seafloor The Messina Strait, a submarine bridge separating the island of Sicily from the Italian Peninsula, is the…
New Theory Proposed to Explain One Dimensional Quantum Liquids Formation
Liquids are ubiquitous in nature — from the water that we consume daily to superfluid helium which is a quantum liquid appearing at temperatures as…
Natural Nanodiamonds in Oceanic Rocks – Formed Through Low Pressure and Temperature Geological Processes
Natural diamonds can form through low pressure and temperature geological processes on Earth, as stated in an article published in the journal Geochemical Perspectives Letters….
The IBCAO 4.0 Bathymetric Chart: New Depth Map of the Arctic Ocean
An international team of researchers has published the most detailed submarine map of the Arctic Ocean. The study, which counts on the participation of the…
New Rare Disease Uncovered With Own Facial Features, Cardiac Defects and Developmental Delay
TRAF7 syndrome: The first 45 patients An international multicenter study describes a rare disease characterized by a series of recognizable facial features, cardiac defects, and…
