Ancient DNA Rewrites Story of Enigmatic ‘American Cheetah’
For several decades, paleontologists have described Miracinonyx trumani — an extinct species of cheetah-like felid that roamed the…
Ionic Rare Earths, US Strategic Metals form JV to build $100M magnet recycling plant in Missouri
Metal recycling. AI-generated stock image by DigitalSpace. Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR) has, through its wholly owned U.S. subsidiary,…
Blue Origin rocket explosion was roughly as powerful as Chernobyl blast, sent sound waves 1,000 miles across the US
Blue Origin New Glenn rocket explodes during launch pad test at Cape Canaveral – YouTube Watch On When…
Renowned Expert Elevates UConn Quantum Research
UConn has found its ideal expert to advance its rise as a leader in interdisciplinary quantum research. Internationally…
Watch a Monarch Caterpillar Become a Butterfly in Seconds
What’s hidden beneath a caterpillar’s shed skin surprises almost everyone who sees it for the first time. See…
China narrows Tianwen-3 Mars sample return landing site selection, seeking traces of life
HELSINKI — China will select a final landing site for its Tianwen-3 Mars sample return before the end…
Planting billions of trees in China to fight climate change backfired, altering the water distribution across the entire country
Billions of trees and grasses planted by China to fight climate change caused water to evaporate faster than…
Peptides may persist in Venusian clouds
In the search for life beyond Earth, scientists have long focused on one key ingredient: liquid water.…
MIT Qubit Design Could Speed Quantum Operations While Preserving Data
Insider Brief MIT researchers designed a qubit architecture that simulations suggest could speed quantum operations while preserving stored…
Ancient American cheetahs were not exactly cheetah-like
The American cheetah (Miracinonyx trumani) stalked North America’s Pleistocene grasslands for nearly 2.5 million years, but new evidence…
Satellites spot forest stress two years before bark beetle die-offs become apparent
image: Pixels of forested lands that were categorized as a) control (low tree mortality by wildfire and bark…
More trees are needed to cool down European cities in heatwaves – but they must be planted nearer to homes
Heatwaves claimed the lives of tens of thousands of people in Europe’s capital cities this summer, as they…