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	Science Daily update ⋅ September 23, 2022
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	The New York Times Maarten Schmidt, First Astronomer to Identify a Quasar, Dies at 92 The New York Times His daughter Anne Schmidt confirmed the death. Dr. Schmidt's discovery of what was then among the farthest known objects in the universe answered one of the great conundrums of postwar astronomy, and like all great breakthroughs ... Flag as irrelevant
	The New York Times The Tonga Volcano Shook the World. It May Also Affect the Climate. The New York Times The eruption of an underwater volcano in the Pacific Ocean in January that was so large it produced a global shock wave also spewed huge amounts of water vapor into the upper atmosphere, where it may cause a small, short-term spike in global warming, ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Quantum Physics Titans Win Breakthrough Prize Scientific American This year's Breakthrough Prize in Fundamental Physics honors four pioneers who combined math, computer science and physics to do "foundational work in the field of quantum information." The prize is shared between Charles Bennett of IBM ... Flag as irrelevant
	The Washington Post EXPLAINER: Why a NASA spacecraft will crash into an asteroid The Washington Post CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — In the first-of-its kind, save-the-world experiment, NASA is about to clobber a small, harmless asteroid millions of miles away. A spacecraft named Dart will zero in on the asteroid Monday, intent on slamming it head-on at 14,000 ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American The Purpose of Dolphins' Mysterious Brain Net May Finally Be Understood Scientific American When dolphins swim through the ocean, it looks effortless. By whipping their tail up and down, the sleek marine mammals propel themselves forward in a seamless glide that could make any human swimmer jealous. But this up-down tail motion puts a lot of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Space.com The Milky Way's supermassive black hole has a hot spot Space.com Astronomers have spotted a bright 'hot spot' swirling around the supermassive black hole at the heart of our Milky Way galaxy, Sagittarius A* (Sgr A*). The team behind the discovery ... Flag as irrelevant
	EurekAlert Secrets from space: Advanced Photon Source helps illuminate the journey of a 4 billion-year-old asteroid EurekAlert image: Argonne Distinguished Fellow Esen Ercan Alp, right, and physicist and group leader Jiyong Zhao, left, at APS Beamline 3-ID-B, where scientists measured the composition of fragments of a near-Earth asteroid. view more. Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American Sparkly Image of Neptune's Rings Comes into View from JWST Scientific American As if dainty, iridescent fairies are racing around a cosmic track, Neptune's rings sparkle in a stunning new view captured by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the most powerful off-world observatory yet built. This is the sharpest image of the ... Flag as irrelevant
	Scientific American AlphaFold Developers Win $3-Million Breakthrough Prize in Life Sciences Scientific American The researchers behind the AlphaFold artificial-intelligence (AI) system have won one of this year's US$3-million Breakthrough prizes—the most lucrative awards in science. Demis Hassabis and John Jumper, both at DeepMind in London, were recognized for ... Flag as irrelevant
	Phys.Org Heat-resistant nanophotonic material could help turn heat into electricity EurekAlert Developed by a University of Michigan-led team of chemical and materials science engineers, the material controls the flow of infrared radiation and is stable at temperatures of 2,000 degrees Fahrenheit in air, a nearly twofold improvement over existing ... Flag as irrelevant
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