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ASTRONOMY

Astronomers Discover Milky Way’s Most Iron-Poor Star

This image shows the ultra-metal-poor star SMSS J160540.18-144323.1. Image credit: Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg / SIMBAD / PanSTARRS .SMSS J160540.18-144323.1, an ultra-metal-poor red giant star located in the halo of the Milky Way, on the other side of the Galaxy about 35,000 light-years from Earth, contains a record-low amount of iron, according to a new study. This image shows the ultra-metal-poor star SMSS J160540.18-144323.1. Image credit: Centre de Données astronomiques de Strasbourg / SIMBAD / PanSTARRS . The very first…

SPACE EXPLORATION

Maryborough Meteorite: Massive Stony Meteorite Found in Australia

The Maryborough meteorite. Image credit: Rodney Start / Museums Victoria.A 17-kg chondrite meteorite that landed on Earth less than 1,000 years ago has been discovered by chance in the Australian state of Victoria. The Maryborough meteorite. Image credit: Rodney Start / Museums Victoria. In May 2015, gold prospector David Hole discovered a 17 kg single mass of a stony meteorite while fossicking for the precious metal, using a metal detector, in Maryborough Regional Park,…

ARCHAEOLOGY

6,500-Year-Old Pottery Fragments Found in Ecuador

The 6,500-year-old pottery fragments from the archaeological site of Real Alto in the Chanduy Valley of Ecuador’s Guayas province. Image credit: Kanomata et al, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2019.56.Shards of incised ceramic vessels dating back to 4640-4460 BCE have been found at the site of Real Alto on the Ecuadorian coast. The 6,500-year-old pottery fragments from the archaeological site of Real Alto in the Chanduy Valley of Ecuador’s Guayas province. Image credit: Kanomata et al, doi: 10.15184/aqy.2019.56. The pottery fragments from the Real Alto site appear to belong to a previously unknown…

PALEONTOLOGY

Carnivorous Cambrian Creature Had Rake-Like Claws and Pineapple-Slice-Shaped Mouth

Reconstruction of Cambroraster falcatus. Image credit: Lars Fields / Royal Ontario Museum.A new species of marine predator that lived about 506 million years ago (Cambrian period) has been identified from exceptionally well-preserved fossils found in Kootenay National Park — part of the famous Burgess Shale Formation — in Canada. Reconstruction of Cambroraster falcatus. Image credit: Lars Fields / Royal Ontario Museum. Named Cambroraster falcatus, the ancient creature was…

BIOLOGY

Researchers Discover Eleven New Species of Rain Frogs in Ecuador

The rain frogs comprise a unique group lacking a tadpole stage of development. Their eggs are laid on land and hatch as tiny froglets. Image credit: BIOWEB-PUCE.Nadia Paez, a PhD student at the University of British Columbia, and Pontifical Catholic University’s Professor Santiago Ron have discovered eleven new species of the frog genus Pristimantis living in the Ecuadorian Andes. The rain frogs comprise a unique group lacking a tadpole stage of development. Their eggs are laid on land and hatch as tiny froglets. Image credit: BIOWEB-PUCE. Pristimantis…

PHYSICS

Researchers Find First Candidate for 3D Quantum Spin Liquid

A 3D representation of the spin-excitation continuum -- a possible hallmark of a quantum spin liquid -- observed in a single crystal sample of cerium zirconium pyrochlore. Image credit: Tong Chen / Rice University.A quantum spin liquid is a state of matter where unpaired electrons’ spins, although entangled, do not show magnetic order even at the zero temperature. The realization of a quantum spin liquid is a long-sought goal in physics. In a paper published in the journal Nature Physics, physicists from Rice University and elsewhere show that cerium zirconium pyrochlore (Ce2Zr2O7), in its single-crystal…

MEDICINE

Study: In Hot Climates, Pavements Can Be Hot Enough to Cause Second-Degree Burns within Seconds

Pavement burns account for significant burn-related injuries in the Southwestern United States and other hot climates with nearly continuous sunlight and daily maximum temperatures above 100 degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celsius). Image credit: Johannes Plenio.In a study published recently in the Journal of Burn Care & Research, a team of researchers reviewed all pavement burn injury admissions into a Las Vegas area burn center, and compared the outdoor temperatures at the time of each patient admission to, in essence, determine how hot is too hot. Pavement burns account for significant burn-related injuries in the Southwestern United States and other…

GENETICS

Scientists Sequence RNA of 14,300-Year-Old Wolf Puppy

A canid in Cassell’s Natural History. Image credit: Peter Martin Duncan / North Carolina State University / NCSU Libraries.An international team of scientists has isolated and sequenced RNA from the permafrost-preserved liver, cartilage and muscle tissue of a 14,300-year-old Pleistocene ‘wolf’ puppy from Tumat, Siberia. A canid in Cassell’s Natural History. Image credit: Peter Martin Duncan / North Carolina State University / NCSU Libraries. DNA, which encodes the hard copy of genes, is known to survive for thousands…

GEOLOGY

Maryborough Meteorite: Massive Stony Meteorite Found in Australia

The Maryborough meteorite. Image credit: Rodney Start / Museums Victoria.A 17-kg chondrite meteorite that landed on Earth less than 1,000 years ago has been discovered by chance in the Australian state of Victoria. The Maryborough meteorite. Image credit: Rodney Start / Museums Victoria. In May 2015, gold prospector David Hole discovered a 17 kg single mass of a stony meteorite while fossicking for the precious metal, using a metal detector, in Maryborough Regional Park,…

OTHER SCIENCES

Smoke from African Fires is Fertilizing Amazon Rainforest, Atlantic and Southern Oceans: Study

Using satellite data and models, Barkley et al identified a previously underestimated source of soluble phosphorus: biomass burning aerosol transported from southern Africa that can supply phosphorus to the Amazon, Tropical Atlantic and Southern oceans. Image credit: Scite / University of Miami.Smoke from fires in southern Africa is the largest contributor of phosphorus — an important agricultural fertilizer — to the Amazon rainforest, Tropical Atlantic and Southern oceans, according to new research published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Using satellite data and models, Barkley et al identified a previously underestimated source of soluble phosphorus:…

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