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- Turning diamond into metal
- Trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth: Flattening of a snowman
- Process for regenerating neurons in the eye and brain identified
- A tale of two cesspits: DNA reveals intestinal health in Medieval Europe and Middle East
- Body size of the extinct Megalodon indeed off the charts in the shark world
- Some planets may be better for life than Earth
- ESO telescope spots galaxies trapped in the web of a supermassive black hole
| Posted: 05 Oct 2020 02:08 PM PDT Researchers have discovered a way to tweak tiny needles of diamond in a controlled way to transform their electronic properties, dialing them from insulating, through semiconducting, all the way to highly conductive, or metallic. This can be induced dynamically and reversed at will, with no degradation of the diamond material. |
| Trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth: Flattening of a snowman Posted: 05 Oct 2020 02:08 PM PDT The trans-Neptunian object Arrokoth, also known as Ultima Thule, which NASA's space probe New Horizons passed on New Year's Day 2019, may have changed its shape significantly in the first 100 million years since its formation. Researchers now suggest that the current shape of Arrokoth could be of evolutionary origin due to volatile outgassing. |
| Process for regenerating neurons in the eye and brain identified Posted: 05 Oct 2020 09:21 AM PDT A team of researchers has identified networks of genes that regulate the process responsible for determining whether neurons will regenerate in certain animals, such as zebrafish. |
| A tale of two cesspits: DNA reveals intestinal health in Medieval Europe and Middle East Posted: 04 Oct 2020 09:59 PM PDT Analysis of 14th-15th century latrines in Jerusalem and Riga, Latvia identifies some of the microbes resident in the guts of these pre-industrial populations, illuminating how gut contents have changed since medieval times. |
| Body size of the extinct Megalodon indeed off the charts in the shark world Posted: 04 Oct 2020 09:59 PM PDT A new study shows that the body size of the iconic gigantic or megatooth shark, about 15 meters (50 feet) in length, is indeed anomalously large compared to body sizes of its relatives. |
| Some planets may be better for life than Earth Posted: 04 Oct 2020 09:59 PM PDT Researchers have identified two dozen planets outside our solar system that may have conditions more suitable for life than our own. Some of these orbit stars that may be better than even our sun. |
| ESO telescope spots galaxies trapped in the web of a supermassive black hole Posted: 01 Oct 2020 06:01 AM PDT Astronomers have found six galaxies lying around a supermassive black hole when the Universe was less than a billion years old. This is the first time such a close grouping has been seen so soon after the Big Bang and the finding helps us better understand how supermassive black holes formed and grew so quickly. It supports the theory that black holes can grow rapidly within large structures which contain plenty of gas to fuel them. |
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