thick-shelled turtle egguf with embryo still within the Cretaceous period found in China

[ad_1] Hatching fossil turtles. Credit: Copyright of the work Masato Matori A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in China and Canada have identified a Cretaceous turtle egg fossil that contains an embryo. In their article published in Proceedings of the Royal Society B, the group describes where the egg was found and what … Read more

High-speed camera captures the impact of a water jet as it pierces a droplet

[ad_1] A new study of water jets impacting liquid droplets looks like Harold “Doc” Edgerton’s high-speed photos of a bullet fired through an apple. The scan could help tune needle-less injection systems. Credit: Massachusetts Institute of Technology Injecting a stream of water into a drop of liquid might sound like fun, but if done accurately … Read more

Physicists give an extra dimension to a strange new phase of matter

[ad_1] Physicists created the very first two-dimensional supersolid – a strange phase of matter which behaves as both a solid and a frictionless liquid. Supersolids are materials whose atoms are arranged in a regular and repeating crystal structure, but are also able to flow indefinitely without ever losing kinetic energy. Despite their strange properties, which … Read more

CFC ban saved us time to fight climate change, scientists say – BBC News

[ad_1] CFC ban saved us time to fight climate change, scientists sayBBC News Saving the ozone layer has also saved us time in the fight against climate change.Gizmodo The Montreal Protocol protects the terrestrial carbon sinkNature.com How the world has already prevented much worse warming in this centuryMIT Technology Review Scientists reveal how historic CFC … Read more

Supersolid quantum gases in a new dimension

[ad_1] Two-dimensional supersolid quantum gas produced in the laboratory for the first time. Credit: IQOQI Innsbruck / Harald Ritsch Two-dimensional supersolid quantum gas produced in the laboratory for the first time. Quantum gases are very well suited to study the microscopic consequences of interactions in matter. Today, scientists can precisely monitor individual particles in extremely … Read more

Further evidence of a 200 million year cycle for the Earth’s magnetic field

[ad_1] Credit: Pixabay / CC0 public domain The results of a new study from the University of Liverpool provide further evidence of a cycle of around 200 million years in the strength of the Earth’s magnetic field. Researchers performed thermal and microwave paleomagnetic analysis (a technique unique to the University of Liverpool) on rock samples … Read more