Magellanic Clouds Are First-Time Visitors
The Large Magellanic Cloud and Small Magellanic Cloud are two of
the Milky Way's closest neighboring galaxies. For hundreds of years, these galaxies were considered satellites of the Milky Way, gravitationally bound to our home galaxy. New research shows that the Magellanic Clouds are recent ...
North America's Northernmost Lake Affected By Global Warming
The continent's northernmost lake is being affected by climate
change. Life in Ward Hunt Lake, located on a small island in the Canadian Arctic, has undergone major transformations within the last two centuries. The speed and range of these transformations suggest that climate change related to ...
Crabs Prefer A Take-out Meal
Shore crabs catch their food at food-rich spots and subsequently
eat it elsewhere. With this take-out strategy the crabs maximize their food uptake and keep competing crabs at a distance, according to a young Dutch ...
'Hot' Ice Could Lead To Medical Device
Physicists have shown that specially treated diamond coatings can
keep water frozen at body temperature, a finding that may have applications in future medical implants. Researchers spent a year building and examining computer models that showed that a layer of diamond coated with sodium atoms will ... |
