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Lightning, Gamma-Ray Flash Link Discovered in Japan
Researchers in Japan linked a lightning strike to a terrestrial gamma-ray flash using ground-based sensors, revealing details of the collision of lightning leaders and electron acceleration.
Your face’s hot spots may reveal how well you are aging
“We can use the thermal facial image to diagnose these diseases with fairly good accuracy of about 80 percent,” says computational biologist Jing-Dong Jackie Han of Peking University in Beijing.
Jurassic Park inspires a new way to store DNA data
To test the resilience of the polymer, the researchers encapsulated strands of DNA containing the encoded Jurassic Park theme music and a human’s entire genetic instruction book in the amberlike material and then exposed it to temperatures of 55° Celsius, 65° C and 75° C at 70 percent humidity over seven days.
‘Space hurricanes’ churn at both of Earth’s magnetic poles
When the lines reconnect, they roil ionized gas in the ionosphere, driving flows of electric current upward, the team suggests.
Rainforest of super trees descended from lost supercontinent Gondwana being created in Australia
Pfautsch, who is a professor of urban planning and management at Western Sydney University, also expressed concern about the project's reliance on public donations to keep afloat: "Continued state and federal government funding is critical to secure the growth of the trees," he said.