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Researchers have produced high-quality biodiesel after 'feeding' and growing microalgae on leftover coffee grounds.

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Space probe’s collision with asteroid: Study assesses ejecta momentum enhancement

On September 26, NASA's Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft crashed into Dimorphos, a moonlet of the near-Earth asteroid Didymos, at 14,000 miles per...

Photos suggest rhino horns have shrunk over past century, likely due to hunting

By scrutinizing over a century's worth of photos, University of Cambridge researchers have made the first ever measurements that show rhinoceros horns have gradually...

Holographic microscopy provides insights into the life of microplankton

Using holograms created in digital microscopes and interpreted using artificial intelligence (AI), for the first time researchers can now follow the lives of microplankton...

Want to save the bees? Pay attention to pathogens and flowers

New research conclusively shows that certain physical traits of flowers affect the health of bumble bees by modulating the transmission of a harmful pathogen...

Ancient genomes reveal hidden history of human adaptation

The use of ancient DNA, including samples of human remains around 45,000 years old, has shed light on a previously unknown aspect of human...

Violent supershear earthquakes are more common than previously thought

About 14% of magnitude 6.7 or greater strike-slip earthquakes since 2000 have been supershear. That's 50% more than previously thought. Supershear earthquakes occur when...

Antarctic summer thaw starts earlier, ends later than previously believed

New research changes our understanding of seasonal thawing in parts of Antarctica, as scientists have learned that summer thawing occurs nearly a month earlier,...

Israeli coastline is contaminated with over two tons of microplastics, researchers discover

A first-of-its-kind study reveals alarming findings about the level of microplastic pollution on Israel's beaches.

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