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Researchers isolated molecules present in the larvae of a blue light-emitting fungus gnat that inhabits…
A team from Osaka City University, in collaboration with other international partners, has demonstrated a…
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New policies, technologies could help make sense of flood of information. The science community has…
The attacks of September 11, 2001 were a national tragedy that resulted in a staggering…
NASA has selected Catherine Koerner as manager of the agency’s Orion Program. In this role,…
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Described by the ‘father of zoogeography’ and co-author of the theories of evolution and natural…
The asteroid, which is being studied by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx, shows some surprising activity on its…
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Astronomers have discovered that there may be a missing ingredient in our cosmic recipe of…
Even quantum computers make mistakes. Their computing ability is extraordinary; indeed, it exceeds that of…
Scientists confirm the presence of acetonitrile in a distant interstellar gas cloud using a radio…
The approach has potential applications in improving optical communications and making currency harder to counterfeit.…