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Space Exploration

Scientists Create High-Resolution Geological Map of Oxia Planum

Using data from ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, planetary scientists have created the 1:30000 scale geological map of Oxia Planum, the landing site for ESA's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. Fawdon et al. created the most detailed geologic map of Oxia Planum, the landing site for ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover on Mars. Image credit: Fawdon et...

Archaeology

Ancient Silver Thimble with Romantic Inscription Found in Wales

A Post Medieval silver thimble was found by Robert Edwards while metal detecting in Pembrokeshire, a county in the south-west of Wales. The ancient silver thimble found in Carew Community, Pembrokeshire, Wales. Image credit: Amgueddfa Cymru - Museum Wales "I was out detecting under the shade of an oak tree and was having no luck, until I changed the program and found a great crisp signal,"...

Paleontology

Ancient Marine Tapeworm Found Encased in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber

Paleontologists from the Nanjing Institute of Geology and Palaeontology at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and elsewhere have found a partial body fossil of an ancient tapeworm preserved in mid-Cretaceous Kachin amber from Myanmar. The 99-million-year-old amber piece containing the fossil tapeworm (long tentacle) and other inclusions: (A-B) the overall view of the amber piece; (C) gleicheniacean...

Biology

Study: Introduced Tardigrade Proteins Slow Metabolism in Human Cells

New research led by the the University of Wyoming, Laramie, provides additional evidence that tardigrade proteins eventually could be used to make life-saving treatments available to people where refrigeration is not possible and enhance storage of cell-based therapies. Sanchez-Martinez et al. provide insights into how tardigrades induce reversible biostasis through the self-assembly of labile CAHS...

Physics

CERN Physicists Observe Two Photons Producing Two Tau-Leptons in Proton-Proton Collisions

According to physicists from the CMS Collaboration at CERN's Large Hadron Collider (LHC), it is the first time that this process has been seen in proton-proton collisions. It is also the most precise measurement of the tau's anomalous magnetic moment and offers a new way to constrain the existence of new physics. Recreated candidate event of a γγ →ττ process in proton-proton collisions...

Medicine

Study: Introduced Tardigrade Proteins Slow Metabolism in Human Cells

New research led by the the University of Wyoming, Laramie, provides additional evidence that tardigrade proteins eventually could be used to make life-saving treatments available to people where refrigeration is not possible and enhance storage of cell-based therapies. Sanchez-Martinez et al. provide insights into how tardigrades induce reversible biostasis through the self-assembly of labile CAHS...

Genetics

Scientists Decode Etruscan Shrew Genome

Scientists have sequenced and analyzed the genome of the Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus), one of the world's smallest mammals, with an average body mass of about 2 grams. This reference-quality genome will be an important resource for research on mammalian development, metabolism, and body size control. The Etruscan shrew (Suncus etruscus). Image credit: Trebol-a / CC BY-SA 3.0 Deed. Also known...

Geology

Scientists Create High-Resolution Geological Map of Oxia Planum

Using data from ESA's ExoMars Trace Gas Orbiter and NASA's Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter, planetary scientists have created the 1:30000 scale geological map of Oxia Planum, the landing site for ESA's ExoMars Rosalind Franklin rover mission. Fawdon et al. created the most detailed geologic map of Oxia Planum, the landing site for ESA's Rosalind Franklin rover on Mars. Image credit: Fawdon et...

Other Sciences

Researchers Discover Five New Hydrothermal Vents in Pacific Ocean

Scientists aboard the research vessel Atlantis have discovered five new deep-sea hydrothermal vent sites on the seafloor at 2,550 m (1.6 miles) depth. The venting fluids are all hotter than 300 degrees Celsius (570 degrees Fahrenheit). The human occupied vehicle Alvin arriving at the seafloor. Image credit: J. McDermott, Lehigh University / T. Barreyre, CNRS / R. Parnell-Turner, Scripps Institution...

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