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CERN Physicists Observe Influence of Gravity on Antimatter

Anderson et al. show that antihydrogen atoms, released from magnetic confinement in the ALPHA-g apparatus, behave in a way consistent with gravitational attraction to the Earth. Image credit: Keyi ‘Onyx’ Li / U.S. National Science Foundation.
Sep 29, 2023 by News Staff

Physicists from the ALPHA Collaboration at CERN’s Antimatter Factory have demonstrated the existence of gravity between antimatter and Earth, reaffirming Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity. Anderson et al. show that antihydrogen atoms, released from magnetic confinement in the ALPHA-g apparatus, behave in a way consistent with gravitational attraction to the Earth. Image credit: Keyi ‘Onyx’ Li / U.S. National Science Foundation. Our...

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Life reconstruction of Baru iylwenpeny. Image credit: Adam Yates / Sci.News.

Fearsome Cleaver-Headed Crocodiles Once Inhabited Central Australia

Sep 28, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have unearthed the fossilized remains of a new species of the mekosuchine crocodilian genus Baru in the Alcoota Scientific Reserve, about...

MilliMobile is able to move across a variety of surfaces, including concrete and packed soil. Image credit: Mark Stone / University of Washington.

Researchers Create Autonomous Battery-Free Wireless Microrobot: MilliMobile

Sep 27, 2023 by News Staff

MilliMobile is a first of its kind battery-free autonomous robot capable of operating on harvested solar and radio frequency power. The MilliMobile prototype...

Qiongqi crinalis. Image credit: Yuan et al., doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5330.1.9.

New Species of Cricket Found Preserved in 99-Million-Year-Old Amber

Sep 25, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have described a new species of cricket found in a piece of Cretaceous-period amber from northern Myanmar. Qiongqi crinalis: (A) habitus...

Reconstruction of Lusognathus almadrava and its paleoenvironment. Image credit: Jason Brougham.

Paleontologists Unearth New Species of Pterosaur in Portugal

Sep 22, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of gnathosaurine pterosaur that lived during the Jurassic period has been identified from fossils found in Portugal. Reconstruction...

Life reconstruction of Tyrannomimus fukuiensis. Image credit: Sci.News / Sino-Pteryx.

New Species of Ostrich-Mimic Dinosaur Discovered in Japan

Sep 20, 2023 by Sergio Prostak

Paleontologists from Fukui Prefectural University and the Fukui Prefectural Dinosaur Museum have added another species of theropod dinosaur to the prehistoric...

The 476,000-year-old structural unit formed by two overlapping logs. Image credit: Barham et al., doi: 10.1038/s41586-023-06557-9.

476,000-Year-Old Wooden Structure Unearthed in Zambia

Sep 20, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Archaeologists have found an ancient wooden structure at the archaeological site of Kalambo Falls in Zambia. This structure — dated to about 476,000...

A pair of thylacines, a male and female, c. 1905. Image credit: Smithsonian Institutional Archives / E. J. Keller, National Zoological Park.

Researchers Extract and Sequence RNA from Extinct Tasmanian Tiger

Sep 19, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Scientists from Stockholm University, the Arctic University of Norway, Lund University and Karolinska Institute have extracted, sequenced and analyzed...

A shod-hominin track in the Garden Route National Park, South Africa. Image credit: Charles Helm.

Middle Paleolithic Tracks Offer Oldest Evidence Yet of Human Footwear

Sep 15, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

New evidence from three tracksites on South Africa’s Cape coast suggests that early humans may have worn footwear while traversing dune surfaces during...

Life reconstruction of Vectidromeus insularis. Image credit: Emily Willoughby.

New Plant-Eating Dinosaur Unveiled: Vectidromeus insularis

Sep 15, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Fossils of a small hypsilophodontid dinosaur unearthed on the Isle of Wight in southern England have been recognized as belonging to a new genus and species. Life...

This ‘golden orb’ was found at a depth of about 3,300 m in the Gulf of Alaska. Image credit: NOAA Ocean Exploration, Seascape Alaska.

Unidentified Golden, Dome-Shaped Object Found in Gulf of Alaska is ‘Biological in Origin’

Sep 12, 2023 by News Staff

Marine researchers aboard NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer found the still-unidentified specimen at a small seamount in the Gulf of Alaska on August 30, 2023,...

Austrospirachtha carrijoi. Image credit: Bruno Zilberman & Carlos Pires-Silva, doi: 10.11646/zootaxa.5336.3.8

New Rove Beetle Species Mimics Termites to Steal Their Food

Sep 11, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Entomologists from the Universidade de São Paulo have identified a new species of the termitophilous rove beetle genus Austrospirachtha (tribe Corotocini)...

An artist’s impression of the K2-18 planetary system. Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / J. Olmsted, STScI / N. Madhusudhan, University of Cambridge.

Astronomers Detect Carbon Dioxide and Methane in Super-Earth’s Atmosphere

Sep 11, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Astronomers using the NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope have discovered carbon dioxide and methane in the atmosphere of the habitable zone exoplanet...

Life reconstruction of Igai semkhu. Image credit: Sci.News / Connor Ashbridge / Bing Image Creator.

Paleontologists Uncover New Species of Titanosaur in Egypt

Sep 7, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

A new genus and species of titanosaurian dinosaur being named Igai semkhu has been described by Midwestern University paleontologist Eric Gorscak and his...

An artist’s impression of Ho’oleilana. Image credit: Frédéric Durillon.

Enormous ‘Bubble’ of Galaxies Discovered in Nearby Universe

Sep 7, 2023 by News Staff

Named Ho’oleilana, the newly-discovered ‘bubble’ of galaxies is around one billion light-years across and is centered 820 million light-years away...

Life reconstruction of Fujianvenator prodigiosus. Image credit: Chuang Zhao.

Jurassic Bird-Like Dinosaur Had Long Lower Hindlimbs

Sep 6, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists have identified a new species of avialan (a member of the group that contains modern birds and bird-like dinosaurs) from a fossilized partial...

Reconstruction of early marsupials (left to right): the wallaby-sized herbivore Muramura williamsi, extinct koala relative Madakoala devisi and the calf-sized ilariid Ilaria lawsone. Image credit: Peter Schouten.

New Species of Early Koala Relative Discovered in Australia

Sep 6, 2023 by News Staff

The newly-discovered species, Lumakoala blackae, was comparable in size to the smallest-known members of the koala family (Phascolarctidae), with body-mass...

The eclipse-spot razor wrasse (Iniistius bakunawa) from Panay Island, Philippines. Image credit: H. Motomura.

New Species of Razor Wrasse Discovered in Pacific Ocean

Sep 5, 2023 by Natali Anderson

Marine biologists have discovered a new species of the wrasse genus Iniistius living in the Indo-West Pacific Ocean. The eclipse-spot razor wrasse (Iniistius...

Heavy elements dominate the mass of the Neptune-sized exoplanet TOI-1853b. Image credit: Luca Naponiello.

Supermassive Neptune-Sized Exoplanet Has Density Higher than Steel

Sep 4, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Astronomers believe the peculiar composition of the Neptune-sized planet TOI-1853b is the result of a giant planetary clash. Heavy elements dominate the...

Dicreosaurid dinosaurs, from larger to smaller: Dicraeosaurus hansemanni, Amargasaurus cazaui, and Brachytrachelopan mesai. Image credit: Sci.News / Nobu Tamura, http://spinops.blogspot.com / Bing Image Creator.

New Sauropod Dinosaur Unearthed in India

Aug 31, 2023 by Enrico de Lazaro

Paleontologists from the Indian Institute of Technology and the Geological Survey of India have described a new genus and species of dicraeosaurid sauropod...

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