“While we understand the modern deep-water cycle, we know very little about how it worked when Earth was still a very young planet,” lead researcher Michael Hartnady said in a media release. “Multiple lines of geological evidence show that water was transported to great depths within the earth as far back as 3.5 billion years …
In the next few days, a 23-ton rocket will plummet to Earth at about 15,000 miles per hour. Much of it may burn on re-entry, but a significant amount may not. It could land as a single piece, but more likely many, scattered over an area up to several hundred miles in diameter. Scientists have …
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In the south, Ukraine said its jets struck five Russian strongholds around the city of Kherson and another nearby city, where it is focusing its biggest counteroffensive since Russia’s invasion began on February 24. The Kherson region, which borders Russia’s annexed Crimea, fell to Russian forces shortly after they launched what Moscow calls “a special …
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July 28, 2022 A new copper coating that kills bacteria faster and in larger quantities than current formulations could soon be available for hospitals and other high-traffic facilities. Although current formulations made of pure copper are antibacterial and self-sanitizing, they kill certain types of bacteria with a thicker cell wall (Gram-positive bacteria) more slowly than …
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Researchers at the University of Western Australia have found that groundwater deep in Antarctica could destabilize the continent’s ice sheet, causing sea levels to rise faster. Sedimentary basins reduce stability of Antarctic ice streams through groundwater feedback was published in Nature Geoscience. The study, which was based on machine learning applied to geophysical data collected …
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Almost 240,850 households across the country switched electricity companies in June, according to the Australian Energy Market Operator. This included about 87,000 households in Victoria, 85,000 in NSW, 51,000 in Queensland and 17,000 in South Australia. Energy prices have risen across the country. The number of people switching was only surpassed in April 2021, when …
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Early exposure to antibiotics kills healthy bacteria in the digestive tract and can cause asthma and allergies, a new study shows. The study, published in Mucosal Immunology, has provided the strongest evidence yet that the long-observed connection between antibiotic exposure in early childhood and the later development of asthma and allergies is causal. The …
Credit: CC0 Public Domain Four billion years ago, the Earth looked very different from today, lifeless and covered by a vast ocean. Over millions of years, in that primordial soup, life emerged. Researchers have long theorized how the molecules came together to cause this transition. Now, Scripps Research scientists have discovered a new set of …
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