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The newly-discovered isotope, plutonium-227, has a half-life of 0.78 seconds, according to a team of physicists from China. The region of the nuclear chart 87≤Z≤97 and 112≤N≤136 shows the new isotope plutonium-227 (red star) and the 12 nuclides (blue star) that were discovered at the Institute of Modern Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Oct 16, 2024 · Hubble Finds Ram Pressure-Stripped Spiral Galaxy in Virgo Cluster: IC 3225. Oct 21, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro. Early galaxies are dominated by bright clumps, which are larger and more massive than in the local Universe. The star formation activity is strongly influenced and can be even halted by a number of processes, some of which are directly ...
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Oct 11, 2024 · The newly-discovered isotope, plutonium-227, has a half-life of 0.78 seconds, according to a team of physicists from China. The region of the nuclear chart 87≤Z≤97 and 112≤N≤136 shows the new isotope plutonium-227 (red star) and the 12 nuclides (blue star) that were discovered at the Institute of Modern Physics at the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
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Oct 17, 2024 by News Staff. On Earth, solar radiation can transmit down to multiple meters within ice, depending on its optical properties. Organisms within ice can harness energy from photosynthetically active radiation while being protected from damaging ultraviolet radiation. On Mars, the lack of an effective ozone shield allows ...
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New Species of Bird Discovered in South America. Oct 21, 2024 by Natali Anderson. Ornithologists have described a new species of tanager in the genus Trichothraupis living on the Eastern slopes of the Andes. Trichothraupis melanops (above) and Trichothraupis griseonota (below). Image credit: Eduardo Brettas.
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Oct 11, 2024 · New Species of Complex Ediacaran Animal Discovered in Australia. Oct 17, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro. Quaestio simpsonorum is part of the Ediacara Biota, which preserves the oldest evidence for complex, macroscopic animals. Close up of Quaestio simpsonorum footprint. Image credit: Evans et al., doi: 10.1111/ede.12491.
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Oct 21, 2024 by News Staff. Two ecospecies of Helicobacter pylori — named ‘Hardy’ and ‘Ubiquitous’ — co-existed in the stomachs of modern humans since before they left Africa and were dispersed around the world by human migrations, according to new research. Tourrette et al. found that Indigenous people in Siberia and North and ...
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Oct 9, 2024 · New Species of Plant-Eating Dinosaur Identified in Argentina. Oct 18, 2024 by Enrico de Lazaro. Paleontologists have identified a species of medium-sized iguanodontian ornithopod dinosaur from two specimens found in northwestern Patagonia, Argentina. Life reconstruction of the early rhabdodontomorph dinosaur Iani smithi.
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Oct 8, 2024 · Homo sapiens and Neanderthals Interacted Over 200,000-Year Period, Study Reveals. Jul 11, 2024 by News Staff. New research shows that recurrent episodes of gene flow, beginning 250,000 to 200,000 years ago, affected the …
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New research shows that approximately 70% of meteorites originate from at least three recent break-ups of massive asteroids. This is an artist’s impression of an asteroid breaking up. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech. A class of meteorites called ordinary chondrites make up around 80% of meteorites that have impacted Earth, including those involved ...