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Dark energy 'doesn’t exist' so can't be pushi | EurekAlert!
Dec 20, 2024 · One of the biggest mysteries in science – dark energy – doesn't actually exist, according to researchers looking to solve the riddle of how the Universe is expanding. For the past 100 years ...
Scientists discover new isopod species in the | EurekAlert!
Jul 24, 2023 · An international team of scientists from the University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science and the Water Research Group from the Unit for Environmental Sciences ...
NIH officials assess threat of H5N1 | EurekAlert!
Jan 2, 2025 · image: Photo of a wild bird. To the right is a colorized transmission electron micrograph of H5N1 virus particles (purple). H5N1 bird flu is widespread in wild birds worldwide, and in 2024 is ...
Uncovering a centaur’s tracks: UCF scientists | EurekAlert!
Dec 18, 2024 · Using the James Webb Space Telescope, UCF Florida Space Institute (FSI) scientists recently led a team that found, for the first time, that Chiron has surface chemistry unlike other centaurs. Its ...
First coherent picture of an atomic nucleus m | EurekAlert!
Oct 15, 2024 · The atomic nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons, particles that exist through the interaction of quarks bonded by gluons. It would seem, therefore, that it should not be difficult to ...
Astronomers detect black hole ‘starving’ its | EurekAlert!
Sep 16, 2024 · Astronomers have used the NASA/ESA James Webb Space Telescope to confirm that supermassive black holes can starve their host galaxies of the fuel they need to form new stars.
Study finds physical activity reduces chronic | EurekAlert!
Jan 2, 2025 · A new study underscores the value of physical activity. Researchers found patients who responded in a survey that they are physically active have a statistically significant lower risk of having ...
Scientists track rapid retreat of Antarctic g | EurekAlert!
Nov 28, 2023 · Scientists are warning that apparently stable glaciers in the Antarctic can “switch very rapidly” and lose large quantities of ice as a result of warmer oceans. Their finding ...
The unsolved mystery sounds of the Southern O | EurekAlert!
Nov 21, 2024 · In July 1982, researchers in New Zealand recorded unidentifiable sounds as a part of an experiment to characterize the soundscape of the South Fiji Basin. The sound consisted of four short bursts ...