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New evidence suggests spinosaurus spent most of its life underwater

Millions of years after animals first conquered land, some took an extraordinary evolutionary U-turn and returned to the water. Using machine learning and thousands of fossil measurements, Yale scientists have uncovered surprising clues about which prehistoric creatures truly became aquatic. Their findings suggest that Spinosaurus spent most of its life underwater, while some ancient marine…

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Scientists Trapped an Antimatter Particle for Months to Study Its Secrets

These elusive and reactive particles have been challenging to hold on to and even more challenging to study, but a new method paves the way for tests on the differences between matter and antimatter.

  • Scientists trapped a positron for months using a single-positron quantum cyclotron.
  • The device isolated the antiparticle in a vacuum at near-absolute-zero temperature.
  • Researchers aim to measure antimatter particles 30 times more precisely than before.

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