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• Paleontologists uncover three new species of extinct walruses in Orange County, California
• Cosmic flashes come in all different sizes
• Tiny cave snail with muffin-top waistline rolls out of the dark in Laos
• Aurora-chasing citizen scientists help discover a new feature of STEVE
• What does the fox say to a puma?
• Researchers create armored emulsions as tiny test tubes for parallel reactions
• Interactive virtual reality emerges as a new tool for drug design against COVID-19

Paleontologists uncover three new species of extinct walruses in Orange County, California Posted: 16 Nov 2020 09:56 AM PST Millions of years ago, in the warm Pacific Ocean off the coast of Southern California, walrus species without tusks lived abundantly. But in a new study, paleontologists have identified three new walrus species discovered in Orange County and one of the new species has ''semi-tusks'' -- or longer teeth.

Cosmic flashes come in all different sizes Posted: 16 Nov 2020 09:56 AM PST By studying the site of a spectacular stellar explosion seen in April 2020, scientists have used four European radio telescopes to confirm that astronomy's most exciting puzzle is about to be solved. Fast radio bursts, unpredictable millisecond-long radio signals seen at huge distances across the universe, are generated by extreme stars called magnetars - and are astonishingly diverse in brightness.

Tiny cave snail with muffin-top waistline rolls out of the dark in Laos Posted: 16 Nov 2020 08:29 AM PST Recent cave exploration has turned up a tiny, top-heavy snail that glistens under the light of the microscope lens. Only 1.80 mm tall, this transparent snail bulges at the middle, giving a natural appearance to the ''muffin-top'' waistline. The article reveals new biodiversity from the seldom explored caves of central Laos.

Aurora-chasing citizen scientists help discover a new feature of STEVE Posted: 13 Nov 2020 11:18 AM PST A new finding about the formation of streaks within the aurora-like STEVE phenomenon brings scientists one step closer to solving the mystery.

What does the fox say to a puma? Posted: 13 Nov 2020 09:40 AM PST Researchers have found that in the Chilean Andes, two predator species -- the puma and the culpeo fox -- can successfully share a landscape and hunt for food over the same nighttime hours because they are, in essence, ordering from different menus.

Researchers create armored emulsions as tiny test tubes for parallel reactions Posted: 13 Nov 2020 07:37 AM PST Bioengineers and mathematicians have invented the first-ever 'armored' emulsions. The armor comes in the form of tiny soft U-shaped cups, about a half-millimeter in length. With a hydrophobic (water-repelling) exterior and hydrophilic (water-attracting) interior, each U-shaped particle captures a fluid droplet resulting in an emulsion that stays intact following mixing.

Interactive virtual reality emerges as a new tool for drug design against COVID-19 Posted: 12 Nov 2020 10:46 AM PST Scientists have demonstrated a new virtual reality technique which should help in developing drugs against the SARS-CoV-2 virus -- and enable researchers to share models and collaborate in new ways. The innovative tool will help scientists around the world identify anti-viral drug leads more rapidly.

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