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Scientists found neutron stars merge to make heavy elements

Posted on June 13, 2024June 12, 2024 by Ben Pauley

A team of astrophysicists in China simulated collisions between the remains of former stars and showed the resulting explosions could…

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    What’s making Earth’s atmosphere drier?

    Posted on June 10, 2024June 8, 2024 by Sciworthy

    Scientists investigated humidity patterns in tree rings across Europe to test whether recently drier air is natural or caused by global…

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      Could “iron snow” fuel life in Europa’s ocean?

      Posted on June 6, 2024July 30, 2024 by Meri Herrero

      Scientists calculated that microorganisms breathing iron oxide “snow” could produce enough energy to survive on Jupiter's icy moon…

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        What causes brain fog in long COVID patients?

        Posted on June 3, 2024June 2, 2024 by Sciworthy

        Researchers found the COVID-19 virus causes inflammation that disrupts a patient’s blood-brain barrier and contributes to brain fog.

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          Can scientists predict catastrophic floods?

          Posted on May 30, 2024May 29, 2024 by Sciworthy

          Researchers showed river structure and moisture conditions can help predict large-scale flood events.

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            The universe’s dust is on the decline

            Posted on May 27, 2024February 14, 2025 by Ben Pauley

            Astronomers found the density of dust in the universe has been steadily decreasing for the last 10 billion years, as it coalesced to form…

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              Scientists found a new way diamonds are made and destroyed

              Posted on May 23, 2024May 22, 2024 by Sciworthy

              Geologists examined CT images of diamonds from southern Africa to determine what happens to them underground.

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                How did nautiloids survive​​ extinction?

                Posted on May 20, 2024May 20, 2024 by Sciworthy

                Researchers found nautiloids outlived other shelly creatures in the late-Cretaceous extinction because they had slower metabolisms.

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                  Researchers developed new AI to treat cancer

                  Posted on May 13, 2024April 26, 2024 by Ankita Murmu

                  Scientists created an artificial intelligence model, called CancerGPT, that predicted the effect of different drug combinations on patients…

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                    Scientists tackle mosquito-borne viruses with CRISPR

                    Posted on May 6, 2024April 29, 2024 by Sciworthy

                    Researchers developed a new CRISPR protein that cuts viral RNA to combat diseases like yellow fever.

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