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Astronomers find 'cannonball pulsar' speeding through space
(National Radio Astronomy Observatory) VLA image shows the trail of a speeding pulsar pointing directly back at the center of the debris shell from the supernova that created it.
Tiny song bird makes record migration, U of G study proves
(University of Guelph) The bird's trek between its breeding grounds in the central and western boreal forest of North America and its winter home in the Amazon Basin is one of the longest songbird migrations recorded.Describing a route arcing ac...
Speeding the development of fusion power to create unlimited energy on Earth
(DOE/Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory) A detailed examination of the challenges and tradeoffs in the development of a compact fusion facility with high-temperature superconducting magnets.
Record Floods Could "Test the Limits" of Midwest Defenses
Rains and melting snow have caused rivers to breach levees from Minnesota to Missouri-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
YouTube's Recommendation Algorithm Has a Dark Side
But the site's recommendation algorithms have a dark side-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Coral Reefugees: Certain Corals Could "Outrun" Climate Change
New evidence suggests that corals once sought refuge from warming waters by migrating-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Heading towards a tsunami of light
(Chalmers University of Technology) Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and the University of Gothenburg, Sweden, have proposed a way to create a completely new source of radiation. Ultra-intense light pulses consist of the motion of a s...
Bright skies for plant-based jet fuels
(DOE/Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory) With an estimated daily fuel demand of more than 5 million barrels per day, the global aviation sector is incredibly energy-intensive and almost entirely reliant on petroleum-based fuels. However, a new ana...
Health insurance associated with lower risk of cardiovascular disease among aging immigrants
(New York University) Aging immigrants' risk for cardiovascular disease may be heightened by their lack of health insurance, particularly among those who recently arrived in the United States, finds a study led by researchers at NYU Rory Meyers...
From foam to bone: Plant cellulose can pave the way for healthy bone implants
(University of British Columbia) Researchers from the University of British Columbia and McMaster University have developed what could be the bone implant material of the future: an airy, foamlike substance from plant cellulose that can be injected i...