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Astronomers Discover Rotating Disc Around Star In Neighbouring Galaxy
This event unfolded in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbouring galaxy, within a region known as N180, where numerous new stars are actively taking shape.
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Scientists Discover Ancient River Landscape Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
In the new study, researchers analysed the past of the glacier sheet, based on the land beneath the Aurora and Schmidt basins, between the Denman and Totten glaciers.
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Supermassive Black Hole 33 Billion Times The Size Of Sun Discovered By UK Astronomers
Durham University scientists said this is one of the biggest ever black hole found.
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Researchers In UK Decode Mystery Markings In 20,000-Year-Old Ice Age Drawings For First Time
Ancient cave paintings are generally thought to have meanings, however, the specifics of these drawings have long eluded experts. But now, British scientists have claimed to have decoded why Ice Age hunter-gatherers drew cave paintings.
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IIT Mandi Researchers Develop Setup To Study Climate Change Impact On Railway Embankments
IIT Mandi and Durham University, United Kingdom, have developed a suction monitoring setup for soil cyclic triaxial testing to investigate the impact of climate change on railway embankments.
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White Dwarf 'Switches on and Off' for First Time, Leaves Astronomers Baffled
Astronomers have observed an accreting white dwarf abruptly lose and gain its brightness for the first time. White dwarfs are stars that have run out of their basic fuel: hydrogen. Usually, researchers have observed white dwarfs losing their brightness over days or months. Astronomers were studying the white dwarf binary system, TW Pictoris, and th...
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Past Ice Melts May Have Caused Seas To Rise 10 Times Faster Than Today: Study
Ice sheet melting at the end of the last ice age may have caused sea levels to rise at 10 times the current rate, a study published Thursday by a team led by scientists from Britain's Durham University said.
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Sniffer Dogs Could Help Identify And Eradicate Malaria
Steven Lindsay, a public health entomologist at Durham University in England, has been researching malaria control for decades. His preferred approach, he says, is to "sit on the boundaries," drumming up ideas that others might not. So it's perhaps unsurprising that his latest project was inspired by the baggage-claim area at Dulles International A...
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British Student Charged With Spying In UAE, Released On Bail
A British academic charged with espionage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been released on bail, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Dubai airport after a two-week research visit. He was formally charged this month with spyin...
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Hidden Supermassive Black Holes Found in Universe
Astronomers have found evidence of hidden supermassive black holes in the universe.
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Avoid Wearing Red if You Want to Woo Client
Men who wear red clothes send out a signal that they are angry and dominant, suggests a new research.
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3,200-year-old skeleton found with cancer
Archaeologists have found the 3,200-year-old skeleton of a man with a spreading form of cancer, the oldest example so far of a disease often associated with modern lifestyles, scientists said on Monday.
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How a hunch led to stunning claim on Buddha birth date
The two archaeologists had a hunch that the Buddha's birthplace in southern Nepal held secrets that could transform how the world understood the emergence and spread of Buddhism.
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Researchers say they have found oldest Buddhist shrine
Archeologists in Nepal say they have unearthed traces of a timber structure in southern Nepal that they say is the oldest Buddhist shrine.
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AIDS vaccine: Scientists say breakthrough within reach
A 2009 clinical trial in Thailand was the first to show it was possible to prevent HIV infection in humans. Now scientists believe a licensed vaccine is within reach.
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Astronomers Discover Rotating Disc Around Star In Neighbouring Galaxy
This event unfolded in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a neighbouring galaxy, within a region known as N180, where numerous new stars are actively taking shape.
-
Scientists Discover Ancient River Landscape Beneath Antarctic Ice Sheet
In the new study, researchers analysed the past of the glacier sheet, based on the land beneath the Aurora and Schmidt basins, between the Denman and Totten glaciers.
-
Supermassive Black Hole 33 Billion Times The Size Of Sun Discovered By UK Astronomers
Durham University scientists said this is one of the biggest ever black hole found.
-
Researchers In UK Decode Mystery Markings In 20,000-Year-Old Ice Age Drawings For First Time
Ancient cave paintings are generally thought to have meanings, however, the specifics of these drawings have long eluded experts. But now, British scientists have claimed to have decoded why Ice Age hunter-gatherers drew cave paintings.
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IIT Mandi Researchers Develop Setup To Study Climate Change Impact On Railway Embankments
IIT Mandi and Durham University, United Kingdom, have developed a suction monitoring setup for soil cyclic triaxial testing to investigate the impact of climate change on railway embankments.
-
White Dwarf 'Switches on and Off' for First Time, Leaves Astronomers Baffled
Astronomers have observed an accreting white dwarf abruptly lose and gain its brightness for the first time. White dwarfs are stars that have run out of their basic fuel: hydrogen. Usually, researchers have observed white dwarfs losing their brightness over days or months. Astronomers were studying the white dwarf binary system, TW Pictoris, and th...
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Past Ice Melts May Have Caused Seas To Rise 10 Times Faster Than Today: Study
Ice sheet melting at the end of the last ice age may have caused sea levels to rise at 10 times the current rate, a study published Thursday by a team led by scientists from Britain's Durham University said.
-
Sniffer Dogs Could Help Identify And Eradicate Malaria
Steven Lindsay, a public health entomologist at Durham University in England, has been researching malaria control for decades. His preferred approach, he says, is to "sit on the boundaries," drumming up ideas that others might not. So it's perhaps unsurprising that his latest project was inspired by the baggage-claim area at Dulles International A...
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British Student Charged With Spying In UAE, Released On Bail
A British academic charged with espionage in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) has been released on bail, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters on Monday. Matthew Hedges, a 31-year-old doctoral student at Durham University, was arrested on May 5 at Dubai airport after a two-week research visit. He was formally charged this month with spyin...
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Hidden Supermassive Black Holes Found in Universe
Astronomers have found evidence of hidden supermassive black holes in the universe.
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Avoid Wearing Red if You Want to Woo Client
Men who wear red clothes send out a signal that they are angry and dominant, suggests a new research.
-
3,200-year-old skeleton found with cancer
Archaeologists have found the 3,200-year-old skeleton of a man with a spreading form of cancer, the oldest example so far of a disease often associated with modern lifestyles, scientists said on Monday.
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How a hunch led to stunning claim on Buddha birth date
The two archaeologists had a hunch that the Buddha's birthplace in southern Nepal held secrets that could transform how the world understood the emergence and spread of Buddhism.
-
Researchers say they have found oldest Buddhist shrine
Archeologists in Nepal say they have unearthed traces of a timber structure in southern Nepal that they say is the oldest Buddhist shrine.
-
AIDS vaccine: Scientists say breakthrough within reach
A 2009 clinical trial in Thailand was the first to show it was possible to prevent HIV infection in humans. Now scientists believe a licensed vaccine is within reach.
