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- Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories
- Artificial organelles created to control cellular behavior
- Nanostructures modeled on moth eyes effective for anti-icing
- Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique 'bang' in simulations
- Malignant cancer diagnosed in a dinosaur for the first time
- New studies show how to save parasites and why it's important
| Surprisingly dense exoplanet challenges planet formation theories Posted: 04 Aug 2020 09:22 AM PDT New detailed observations reveal a young exoplanet, orbiting a young star in the Hyades cluster, that is unusually dense for its size and age. Weighing in at 25 Earth-masses, and slightly smaller than Neptune, this exoplanet's existence is at odds with the predictions of leading planet formation theories. |
| Artificial organelles created to control cellular behavior Posted: 04 Aug 2020 09:22 AM PDT Biomedical engineers have demonstrated a method for controlling the phase separation of an emerging class of proteins to create artificial membrane-less organelles within human cells. The advance, similar to controlling how vinegar forms droplets within oil, creates opportunities for engineering synthetic structures to modulate existing cell functions or create entirely new behaviors within cells. |
| Nanostructures modeled on moth eyes effective for anti-icing Posted: 04 Aug 2020 08:15 AM PDT Researchers have been working for decades on improving the anti-icing performance of functional surfaces and new work investigates a unique nanostructure, modeled on moth eyes, that has anti-icing properties. Moth eyes are of interest because they have a distinct ice-phobic and transparent surface. The researchers fabricated the moth eye nanostructure on a quartz substrate that was covered with a paraffin layer to isolate it from a cold and humid environment. |
| Unequal neutron-star mergers create unique 'bang' in simulations Posted: 03 Aug 2020 03:42 PM PDT In a series of simulations, researchers determined that some neutron star collisions not only produce gravitational waves, but also electromagnetic radiation that should be detectable on Earth. |
| Malignant cancer diagnosed in a dinosaur for the first time Posted: 03 Aug 2020 03:41 PM PDT New research has led to the discovery and diagnosis of an aggressive malignant bone cancer -- an osteosarcoma -- for the first time ever in a dinosaur. No malignant cancers (tumous that can spread throughout the body and have severe health implications) have ever been documented in dinosaurs previously. |
| New studies show how to save parasites and why it's important Posted: 01 Aug 2020 12:41 PM PDT An international group of scientists have laid out an ambitious global conservation plan for parasites. Another group of researchers found that the responses of parasites to environmental change are likely to be complex, and that a changing world probably will see both outbreaks of some parasites and a total loss of other parasite species. |
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