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Vacuum’s Hidden Particles Leave Real Traces in Proton Collisions
discoveries12 hours ago

Vacuum’s Hidden Particles Leave Real Traces in Proton Collisions

Brookhaven National Laboratory and Stony Brook University, using RHIC’s STAR detector, observed short-range spin correlations between lambda and anti-lambda hyperons produced in high-energy proton collisions. This implies virtual quark–antiquark pairs from the quantum vacuum can be liberated into real particles and retain a spin imprint, providing direct evidence of vacuum structure and offering a new way to probe quark confinement and the proton spin puzzle.

via The Brighter Side of News|
#discoveries#hadronization#proton-spin-crisis
Ancient Flores drought likely ended Homo floresiensis without direct human conflict
discoveries5 days ago

Ancient Flores drought likely ended Homo floresiensis without direct human conflict

A long-term drought on Flores, inferred from stalagmite records and Stegodon tooth enamel, dried rivers and prey around Liang Bua, likely forcing Homo floresiensis to retreat and eventually vanish from Flores around 61,000 years ago; there is no evidence of direct contact with modern humans at the site, suggesting climate-driven ecological collapse rather than a violent extinction.

via The Brighter Side of News|
#ancient-drought#climate-change-history#discoveries
Indian Plate Peels Apart Under Tibet, Redrawing Himalayan Tectonics
discoveries1 month ago

Indian Plate Peels Apart Under Tibet, Redrawing Himalayan Tectonics

New seismic evidence shows the Indian Plate beneath southern Tibet is peeling away and tearing, with delamination of the mantle lithosphere and a tear likely forming a patchwork beneath the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau. By combining S-receiver functions and shear-wave splitting across thousands of stations, researchers map two mantle domains and surface gas signals that hint at mantle sources. The work challenges the classic single-slab view of continental collision and highlights deep Earth processes that shape mountain building and earthquake hazards in Asia.

via The Brighter Side of News|
#continental-collision#discoveries#earthquakes
East Africa’s Slow Rift Points to a Future Ocean, Scientists Say
discoveries1 month ago

East Africa’s Slow Rift Points to a Future Ocean, Scientists Say

GPS-based analysis shows Nubia and Somalia are slowly pulling apart along the East African Rift, with the Afar region experiencing the fastest opening (up to about 6.9 mm/year). This slow continental breakup signals the early formation of a new ocean basin over millions of years, potentially reshaping Africa’s coastlines and tectonic framework.

via The Brighter Side of News|
#afar-triple-junction#continental-breakup#discoveries
Oregon’s Hidden Gigantic Fungus Reveals Earth’s Largest Living Organism
discoveries1 month ago

Oregon’s Hidden Gigantic Fungus Reveals Earth’s Largest Living Organism

Researchers mapped a single Armillaria ostoyae fungus beneath Oregon’s Blue Mountains that spans about 9.65 square kilometers and may be thousands of years old, making it the largest known organism on Earth; the discovery challenges how we define an individual, underscores the fungus as a long-running forest pathogen, and suggests management should focus on reducing impact rather than eradicating it.

via The Brighter Side of News|
#armillaria-ostoyae#blue-mountains-oregon#discoveries
2024's Groundbreaking Archaeological Discoveries Unveiled
archaeology1 year ago

2024's Groundbreaking Archaeological Discoveries Unveiled

In 2024, a series of remarkable archaeological and art historical discoveries were made, including a large Roman dodecahedron in England, a new Chopin waltz in New York, and the earliest known cave paintings in South America. Other finds included a 2,492-carat diamond in Botswana, a 4,000-year-old lipstick in Iran, and a marble statue of Hermes in Bulgaria. Additionally, a potential Picasso painting was identified in Italy, and erotic frescoes were uncovered in Pompeii. These discoveries highlight the diverse and rich history of human civilization.

via CNN|
#archaeology#art#artifacts
5 Unexpected NASA Heliophysics Finds Beyond the Sun
science1 year ago

5 Unexpected NASA Heliophysics Finds Beyond the Sun

NASA's heliophysics missions, primarily focused on studying the Sun, have led to unexpected discoveries in other scientific fields. These include the identification of over 5,000 sungrazing comets by the SOHO mission, insights into the dimming of the supergiant star Betelgeuse by the STEREO spacecraft, and observations of Venus' surface by the Parker Solar Probe. Additionally, NASA's Wind spacecraft detected the brightest gamma-ray burst ever recorded, and the ICON mission revealed the impact of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha‘apai volcanic eruption on Earth's ionosphere.

via Science@NASA|
#discoveries#heliophysics#nasa
Uncovering England's Fossil Discoveries: Insights into Our Past
paleontology2 years ago

Uncovering England's Fossil Discoveries: Insights into Our Past

England has a rich history of significant fossil discoveries, including a 33ft long ichthyosaur fossil in Rutland, the world's first dinosaur Megalosaurus, Britain's oldest human fossil Boxgrove Man, an Ice Age mammoth graveyard in Wiltshire, and a new species of theropod dinosaur found on the Isle of Wight. These discoveries provide valuable insights into the ancient creatures that once roamed the region and contribute to our understanding of prehistoric life.

via BBC.com|
#discoveries#england#fossils
"Discover the Most Astonishing Dinosaur Fossils of 2023"
paleontology2 years ago

"Discover the Most Astonishing Dinosaur Fossils of 2023"

Paleontologists have made several remarkable dinosaur fossil discoveries in 2023, including the first-ever tyrannosaur meal found inside a juvenile Gorgosaurus, a new species of titanosaur in Spain, a cliff covered in fossilized footprints from various dinosaurs in Alaska, entwined fossils of a dinosaur and mammal locked in a battle to the death in China's "dinosaur Pompeii," the first-ever non-avian dinosaur voice box found in Mongolia, an animated reconstruction of a never-before-seen duck-billed dinosaur in Chile, a new species of ankylosaur with blade-like armor in the UK, a new plant-eating dinosaur species named after a Roman god in Utah, X-ray scans revealing that dinosaur feathers were more similar to modern bird feathers than previously thought, and evidence of communal nesting in a small bird-like dinosaur in Canada.

via Livescience.com|
#dinosaurs#discoveries#evolution
"Unearthing the Coolest Dinosaur-Age Discoveries in 2023"
paleontology2 years ago

"Unearthing the Coolest Dinosaur-Age Discoveries in 2023"

Paleontologists made several exciting discoveries in 2023, including a teenage gorgosaurus with the hindlimbs of two-year-old dinosaurs in its stomach, the fossil of a 24-foot-long lizard called Jormungandr walhallaensis, evidence suggesting that dust from the asteroid impact caused the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction, a fossil showing a possum-sized mammal biting down on a beaked dinosaur, an immaculately preserved trilobite, an agate formed inside a dinosaur egg, the discovery of a peculiar reptile with scimitar-like claws, the finding of 92 titanosaur nests in India, the revelation that meat-eating theropod dinosaurs had skin covering their teeth, and the discovery of a Microraptor with a mammal's foot in its stomach. Additionally, the American Ornithological Society announced the removal of human names from common English names of North American birds.

via Gizmodo|
#ancient-life#dinosaurs#discoveries