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Mathematics: Statistics
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New strategy for detecting non-conformist particles called anyons      (via sciencedaily.com) 

By observing how strange particles called anyons dissipate heat, researchers have shown that they can probe the properties of these particles in systems that could be relevant for topological quantum computing.

Space: The Solar System
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Astronomers provide 'field guide' to exoplanets known as hot Jupiters      (via sciencedaily.com) 

By combining Hubble Space Telescope observations with theoretical models, a team of astronomers has gained insights into the chemical and physical makeup of a variety of exoplanets known as hot Jupiters. The findings provide a new and improved 'field guide' for this group of planets and inform ideas about planet formation in general.

Space: The Solar System
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Titan’s river maps may advise Dragonfly’s 'sedimental' journey      (via sciencedaily.com) 

With future space exploration in mind, a team of astronomers has published the final maps of Titan's liquid methane rivers and tributaries -- as seen by NASA's late Cassini mission -- so that may help provide context for Dragonfly's upcoming 2030s expedition.

Space: The Solar System
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NASA, ULA launch Lucy Mission to ‘fossils’ of planet formation      (via sciencedaily.com) 

NASA's Lucy mission, the agency's first to Jupiter's Trojan asteroids, launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. Over the next 12 years, Lucy will fly by one main-belt asteroid and seven Trojan asteroids, making it the agency's first single spacecraft mission in history to explore so many different asteroids. Lucy will investigate these 'fossils' of planetary formation up close during its journey.

Space: The Solar System
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Evidence of superionic ice provides new insights into unusual magnetic fields of Uranus and Neptune      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Not all ice is the same. The solid form of water comes in more than a dozen different - sometimes more, sometimes less crystalline - structures, depending on the conditions of pressure and temperature in the environment. Superionic ice is a special crystalline form, half solid, half liquid - and electrically conductive. Its existence has been predicted on the basis of various models and has already been observed on several occasions under - very extreme - laboratory conditions. New results provide another piece of the puzzle in the spectrum of the manifestations of water. And they may also help to explain the unusual magnetic fields of the planets Uranus and Neptune, which contain a lot of water.

Space: Exploration Space: The Solar System
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Did Venus ever have oceans?      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Astrophysicists have investigated the past of Venus to find out whether Earth's sister planet once had oceans.

Space: The Solar System
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To watch a comet form, a spacecraft could tag along for a journey toward the sun      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new article proposes that space probes could hitch a ride with 'centaurs' as they become comets. Along the way, the spacecraft would gather data that would otherwise be impossible to record -- including how comets, Earth-like planets, and even the solar system formed.

Space: The Solar System
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A 5-sigma standard model anomaly is possible      (via sciencedaily.com) 

One of the best chances for proving beyond-the-standard-model physics relies on something called the Cabibbo-Kobayashi-Maskawa (CKM) matrix. The standard model insists that the CKM matrix, which describes the mixing of quarks, should be unitary. But growing evidence suggests that during certain forms of radioactive decay, the unitarity of the CKM matrix might break.

Space: The Solar System
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Radio signals from distant stars suggest hidden planets      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Using the world's most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blasting out radio waves, possibly indicating the existence of hidden planets.

Space: The Solar System
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Chang'e-5 samples reveal key age of moon rocks      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently brought back the first fresh samples of rock and debris from the moon in more than 40 years. Now an international team of scientists has determined the age of these moon rocks at close to 1.97 billion years old.

Mathematics: Statistics
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Calculating the path of cancer      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Scientists are using a new mathematical tool to predict how combinations of genetic mutations cause different types of tumors.

Space: The Solar System
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Scientists confirm decrease in Pluto’s atmospheric density      (via sciencedaily.com) 

When Pluto passed in front of a star on the night of August 15, 2018, astronomers deployed telescopes at numerous sites in the U.S. and Mexico to observe Pluto's atmosphere as it was briefly backlit by the well-placed star. Scientists used this occultation event to measure the overall abundance of Pluto's tenuous atmosphere and found compelling evidence that it is beginning to disappear, refreezing back onto its surface as it moves farther away from the Sun.

Space: The Solar System
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‘Planet confusion’ could slow Earth-like exoplanet exploration      (via sciencedaily.com) 

A new study finds that next-generation telescopes used to see exoplanets could confuse Earth-like planets with other types of planets in the same solar system.

Space: The Solar System
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Earth and Venus grew up as rambunctious planets      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Using machine learning and simulations of giant impacts, researchers found that the planets residing in the inner solar system were likely born from repeated hit-and-run collisions, challenging conventional models of planet formation.

Space: The Solar System
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This is what it looks like when a black hole snacks on a star      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Analyzing observations of an X-ray flare and fitting the data with theoretical models, astronomers documented a fatal encounter between an unlucky star and a black hole.

Space: The Solar System
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Peering into the Moon's shadows with AI      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Permanently shadowed lunar craters contain water ice, but are difficult to image. A machine learning algorithm now provides sharper images.

Mathematics: Statistics
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Contact-tracing apps could improve vaccination strategies      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Mathematical modeling of disease spread suggests that herd immunity could be achieved with fewer vaccine doses by using Bluetooth-based contact-tracing apps to identify people who have more exposure to others -- and targeting them for vaccination.

Mathematics: Statistics
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A statistical fix for archaeology's dating problem      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Archaeologists have long had a dating problem. The radiocarbon analysis typically used to reconstruct past human demographic changes relies on a method easily skewed by radiocarbon calibration curves and measurement uncertainty. And there's never been a statistical fix that works -- until now.

Space: The Solar System
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Shining a light on Moon’s oldest geologic imprints      (via sciencedaily.com) 

New research has found the Moon may have been subjected to much greater impacts from asteroids and other bodies than previously thought, building on our understanding of the Moon's earliest geologic evolution.

Space: The Solar System
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Researchers enlist robot swarms to mine lunar resources      (via sciencedaily.com) 

Building a base on the moon was once something out of science fiction, but now scientists are starting to consider it more seriously. Researchers are investigating methods for mining lunar resources to build such a base, using swarms of autonomous robots.