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Scientists Uncover Gigantic 117-Million-Year-Old Structures Beneath the Atlantic Ocean

Scientists Uncover Gigantic 117-Million-Year-Old Structures Beneath the Atlantic Ocean

In a groundbreaking study, a team of geoscientists, including Dr. Uisdean Nicholson and Dr. Débora Duarte, has uncovered a significant clue about the formation of the Atlantic Ocean. Their research, revealed through seismic profiles and deep-sea core samples, traces the opening of the Equatorial Atlantic Gateway back to 117 million years ago, shifting previous geological timelines. This discovery challenges prior …

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Chinese scientists develop machine to turn lunar dust into bricks

Chinese scientists develop machine to turn lunar dust into bricks

The device operates like a 3D printer but replaces conventional heat sources with concentrated solar energy. A parabolic reflector gathers sunlight and channels it through fibre optic bundles, intensifying the light to more than 3,000 times the strength of sunlight at Earth’s surface. At the focal point, temperatures exceed 1,300°C, hot enough to melt regolith into solid, dense shapes. Tests …

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Scientists Fed One Group of People Ultraprocessed Foods and Another Group Whole Foods, and the Difference in What Happened to Them Was Wild

Scientists Fed One Group of People Ultraprocessed Foods and Another Group Whole Foods, and the Difference in What Happened to Them Was Wild

As the industrial food system pushes ultraprocessed foods to every corner of the globe, new research shows that even seemingly healthy packaged meals may fall short of the benefits offered by whole, minimally processed foods. A fascinating new study published in Nature Medicine dove into the real-world effects ultraprocessed foods have on the human body. Following a six-month clinical trial involving 55 volunteers, …

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Scientists issue warning after observing Arctic phenomenon not seen in decades: ‘A fundamental shift’

Scientists issue warning after observing Arctic phenomenon not seen in decades: ‘A fundamental shift’

The ice was supposed to be solid. That’s what the scientist expected, anyway. Instead, they stepped into water — standing meltwater, in February, in the Arctic. That’s not a weird fluke. That’s the new normal in Svalbard, and it’s happening faster than most of us realize. If that sounds far off, it’s not. Because what happens in the Arctic doesn’t …

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Scientists Just Spotted a Galaxy Giving Birth to a Monster Black Hole

Scientists Just Spotted a Galaxy Giving Birth to a Monster Black Hole

Astronomers using the W. M. Keck Observatory in Hawaiʻi and NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) have identified a rare cosmic structure they call the Infinity Galaxy — a figure-eight-shaped remnant of two colliding galaxies that may be giving birth to a supermassive black hole. According to a new paper published in The Astrophysical Journal Letters on July 15, 2025, …

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Scientists Directly Measure ‘Impossible’ Zero-Point Motion That Cannot be Explained Classically

Scientists Directly Measure ‘Impossible’ Zero-Point Motion That Cannot be Explained Classically

Scientists at Goethe University, Frankfurt, have directly measured the zero-point motion of atoms within molecules prepared in their lowest quantum energy state—an achievement the team said was previously considered impossible. Although zero-point motion was predicted by quantum physics due to another theoretical phenomenon called “zero-point energy,” classical physics still cannot explain how this motion can occur in systems lacking thermal …

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