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New Plant-Derived Material is Stronger Than Bone and Hard as Aluminum

Scientists from MIT have crafted a new composite material from a greater part of cellulose nanocrystals and a synthetic polymer. Credit: Adam Hunt Research on the new material has been published in the journal Cellulose. Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have engineered a new composite material made from cellulose and synthetic polymer. Cellulose fibers...

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Too Many Disk Galaxies Than Theory Allows

The Standard Model of Cosmology defines how the universe came into being according to the perspective of most physicists. Researchers at the University of Bonn have actually currently studied the evolution of galaxies within this model, finding considerable inconsistencies with real observations. The University of St. Andrews in Scotland and Charles University in the...

How Mars Lost its Oceans

Planet Mars illustration. Credit: NASA It has long been recognized that Mars once had oceans due, in part, to a protective magnetic field similar to Earth's. Nevertheless, the electromagnetic field disappeared, and a new research study may lastly be able to explain why. Scientists recreated conditions anticipated in the core of Mars billions of years...

Giant Sponge Gardens Discovered on Seamounts in the Arctic Deep Sea

The dense sponge grounds discovered on the northerly Langseth Ridge seamount structure represent an astonishingly rich ecosystem, demonstrating the ability of sponges and associated microorganisms to exploit a variety of refractory food sources including fossil seep detritus. Credit: Alfred-Wegener-Institut / PS101 AWI OFOS system Giant sponge gardens Little food gets to the depths below the perpetually...

Experiments on Parabolic Flight Test Oxygen-Evolving Electrolysis

Researchers have carried out experiments on a parabolic flight to examine the efficiency of oxygen-evolving electrolysis on the Moon and Mars. Researchers Bethany Lomax and Gunter Just conducting experiments on a parabolic flight. Credit: Manchester University The discovery from the Universities of Manchester and Glasgow is stated to supply beneficial insights into establishing human habitats far...

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First Detection of Exotic ‘X’ Particles in Quark-Gluon Plasma

Physicists have found evidence of rare X particles in the quark-gluon plasma produced in the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) at CERN. The findings could redefine the kinds of particles that were abundant in the early universe. Credit: CERN In the initial millionths of a second after the Big Bang, our universe was an agitated pull...

Global Elimination of Animal Farming Could Save the Planet

The elimination of all animal agriculture in the following 15 years would severely diminish greenhouse gas emissions and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. Research into the climatological impacts of raising animals for food implicates that eliminating all animal agriculture has the potentially to considerably change the direction of global warming. The project is a cooperation...

Researchers Discover New Insights About Lymphangioleiomyomatosis

Scientists have found new insights about lymphangioleiomyomatosis (LAM), a rare lung disease, which affects approximately 1 in 200,00 Americans and typically includes the growth of abnormal cells in different tissues and organs, including the lungs. Lymphangioleiomyomatosis research As scientists studied LAM cells in the lab, they found a "mixed phenotype," or distinctions in physical expression in...

Genome Study Finds Unexpected Variation in a Fundamental RNA Gene

A genome study carried out by Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center scientists to search for variants in a gene thought about an essential building block for microscopic structures that manufacture proteins took a shocking twist. Human ribosomal RNA (rRNA) genes are essential for constructing ribosomes or mechanisms that translate proteins. The study findings, to be...

A New Way to Store Sustainable Energy: ‘Information Batteries’

What if surplus renewable energy could be stored as computation instead? that’s the thinking behind “information batteries.” Photo/ISTOCK. A future powered by sustainable energy sources can save the globe from drastic climate change and reduce energy expenses. But the renewable resource has an intermittency issue-- the sun offers no power during the night, while winds...