Today’s fearsome sharks emerged when ancient oceans heated up

It sounds like something out of a Hollywood movie script, but it actually happened: Shark evolution researchers say rising ocean temperatures more than 100 million years ago may have allowed sharks to grow bigger, swim faster and become the powerful predators we know today. In a paper published last month in the journal Current Biology, … Read more

In a striking natural coincidence, researchers discover that gallium nitride and magnesium form a superlattice when heated

This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Thermal treatment of metallic magnesium on gallium nitride semiconductor results in the formation of a characteristic superlattice structure. Magnesium, nitrogen, and gallium atoms are shown in orange, blue, and gray, respectively. Credit: Jia Wang × close to Thermal treatment of … Read more