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Researchers Find Microplastics in Caddisfly Casings From 1970s, Hints at Long-Term Contamination Risk

An expert team of biologists practising at the Naturalis Biodiversity Centre, a research museum in the Netherlands, has recently discovered evidence of the incorporation of microplastics into caddisfly casings. However,…

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Shape-Recovering Liquid Accidentally Created by Student, Challenges the Law of Thermodynamics

An unexpected shape formed when a graduate student accidentally blended oil, water and nickel. Scientists discovered that the shape-recovering liquid defied the laws of thermodynamics. Instead of minimising the interfacial…

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Signs of Alien Life Detected on Nearby Exoplanet Using NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope

Scientists discovered suitable biosignature gases for alien life on planet K2-18b. On K2-18b, NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) noticed dimethyl sulfide (DMS), a chemical primarily produced by living creatures…

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NASA Prepares to Launch First Quantum Sensor for Measuring Gravity from Orbit

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, commercial companies, and academic institutions together are developing the first space-based quantum sensors for gravitational measurement. Two groups of very cold rubidium atoms will be used…

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