Missing geomagnetic reversals: Earth's past may be incomplete

Several studies have predicted that not all geomagnetic reversals have been discovered, but it was unknown in which periods they might be hidden. Researchers led by the National Institute of Polar ...
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Advancing Earth System Models through Wood Density Research

What can tree wood density teach us about changes in the environment? This is what a recent study published in Advances in Atmospheric Sciences hopes to address as a team of researchers from the ...
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Record-Breaking Super-Earth Has The Density of Lead, Scientists Say

Astronomers have discovered a hefty new Super-Earth that's as dense as lead. This rocky world might just be the leftover core of a gas giant that flew too close to its sun. Meet K2-360 b, an exoplanet ...
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On Improving Density Functional Theory Predictions for Rare-Earth Materials

INTRODUCTION: Density functional theory (DFT) is a widely used method for calculating the electronic properties of materials. The method is based on the idea of approximating the many-electron wave ...
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Antarctica hides Earth’s most extreme gravity hole, and scientists finally know why

A frozen continent at the bottom of the world sits over the deepest dip in Earth’s gravitational pull, a feature that has persisted for roughly 70 million years. Scientists have long known about this ...