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“This estimate shows that there is more plastic in the form of nanoparticles floating in the this part of the ocean, than there is in larger micro- or macroplastics floating in the Atlantic or even all the world’s oceans!,” said Helge Niemann, researcher at NIOZ and professor of geochemistry at Utrecht University. Mid-June, he received a grant of 3.5 million …

In a groundbreaking study published in Marine Geology, researchers have uncovered a total of 332 submarine canyons under Antarctica’s icy expanse, revealing five times more than previously documented. This new research not only deepens our understanding of the Southern Ocean’s underwater features but also highlights the significant role these canyons play in ocean circulation, ice-shelf dynamics, and global climate change. …

Scientists Supercharge Sugar Substitute – And It Starts Killing Cancer  SciTechDaily Stevia leaf extract has potential as anticancer treatment, researchers find  Medical Xpress Popular sugar alternative found safe and even effective at killing pancreatic cancer cells  Times of India Common sweetener in fizzy drinks and yoghurt ‘can kill off the deadliest cancer’  The Sun Your Go-To Sugar Swap Could Help Fight One of the …

A couple of months ago, PetaPixel reported on a remarkable security camera video that recorded the first-ever view of the Earth’s surface shifting along a major fault line during a massive earthquake. But further reserach has revealed it shows even more than that. Scientists continuing to study the surreal video footage have now found that it also provides the first …

Despite the hundreds of millions of metric tons of plastic floating in our oceans—not to mention the microplastics in our saliva, blood, breast milk, and semen—researchers have been unable to account for all the plastic ever produced. A new study has just tracked down a large portion of it. Researchers from the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ) and Utrecht …

A simple brain scan in your 40s can reveal how long you may have to live, depending on how fast your body is aging. Researchers from Duke University have discovered that MRI brain imaging during midlife can accurately determine the pace someone is aging biologically, helping doctors to predict the onset of several diseases including Alzheimer’s. Biological aging refers to …

In a groundbreaking discovery, researchers from Harvard University and the Smithsonian Museum Conservation Institute have uncovered ancient proteins hidden in fossilized teeth, offering a deeper glimpse into the lives and evolutionary history of extinct animals. Published in the renowned journal Nature, their study reveals how proteins, long considered too fragile to survive millions of years, are preserved within the enamel …

Coming across a hole in the Antarctic that is larger than Maryland might well be cause for concern. In 2016 and 2017, scientists saw just that: gaping wide in the middle of Antarctica’s Weddell Sea were giant holes in the sea ice. These holes, called polynyas, hadn’t been seen on this scale since the 1970s, when New Zealand-sized holes were …

Why Does Matter Exist? Scientists Discover Unexpected New Clue  SciTechDaily New Clue to How Matter Outlasted Antimatter at the Big Bang Is Found  The New York Times New Discovery Could Hint at Why Our Universe Is Made Up of Matter and Not Antimatter  SingularityHub Mysterious Antimatter Physics Discovered at the Large Hadron Collider  Scientific American Scientists Just Found a New Matter-Antimatter Clue—and It Might …

Sneaky scientists: hidden AI prompts found in papers  Boing Boing Researchers are using AI for peer reviews — and finding ways to cheat it  The Washington Post Scientists reportedly hiding AI text prompts in academic papers to receive positive peer reviews  The Guardian Some Researchers Are Hiding Secret Messages in Their Papers, but They’re Not Meant for Humans  Smithsonian Magazine Sneaky stuff  Komando.com Source link