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The Study of Ichnofossils: Paleoburrows and Megafauna

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Did giant ice age beasts carve these vast caves in South America? (Meghie RODRIGUES, Nature ; 28 January 2025) https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-00216-x Measuring a Paleoburrow: Trabajo paleontológico Mar del Plata octubre 2019 , Xstor ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link Selected Research Articles: Megaichnus igen. nov:  Giant Paleoburrows attributed to Extinct Cenozoic Mammals from South America (LOPES et al. , 2016) https://repositorio.unesp.br/bitstreams/0e88fb08-a5ff-4193-8cb9-21cc6ac1a064/download FOTOGRAMETRIA DE UM ICNOFÓSSIL ESCAVADO POR PREGUIÇAS-GIGANTES ( MEGAICHNUS MAJOR ) [AUDI et al. , 2012] https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Caroline-Audi-2/publication/365772145_Fotogrametria_de_um_icnofossil_escavado_por_preguicas-gigantes_Megaichnus_major/links/63c01bdb3fcb6855ce7dd4b0/Fotogrametria-de-um-icnofossil-escavado-por-preguicas-gigantes-Megaichnus-major.pdf

Study: Negative Effects of Major Soil Nutrients (NPK) causing Trade-Off between Productivity and Biodiversity

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Rothamsted Research Sign ,  FORSCHER SCS ;   CC BY-SA 4.0 International ,  Link Trade-off between pollinator-wildflower diversity & grassland yields (BALFOUR et al. , 2025) https://www.nature.com/articles/s44185-024-00070-6 Pollinator Dependence , Hannah RITCHIE ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link

A New Third Type of Magnetism: "Altermagnetism"

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Altermagnetism , Libor ŠMEJKAL ; CC BY-SA 4.0 International , Link Altermagnets imaged at the nanoscale (Isabelle DUMÉ, Physics World; 13 January 2025) https://physicsworld.com/a/altermagnets-imaged-at-the-nanoscale/ Researchers discover new third class of magnetism that could transform digital devices (Jane ICKE, University of Nottingham ; 11 December 2024) https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/news/researchers-discover-new-third-class-of-magnetism-that-could-transform-digital-devices Featured Research Article: Nanoscale imaging and control of altermagnetism in MnTe (AMIN et al. , 2024) https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-024-08234-x