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University of Bristol research has revealed how cells rebuild their nucleus and organize their genome…
New research shows that Jupiter’s moon Europa could have subduction zones, which could supply chemical…
How a material breaks may be the most important property to consider when designing layered…
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These images were taken by ESO’s SPHERE (Spectro-Polarimetric High-contrast Exoplanet REsearch) instrument, installed on ESO’s…
“Two-dimensional materials” — materials deposited in layers that are only a few atoms thick —…
The Voyager team is able to use a set of four backup thrusters, dormant since…
A new study from MIT provides evidence for an alternative timekeeping system that relies on…
A new Yale-led study shows that thyroid hormone therapy significantly resolves fibrosis, or scarring, in…
Don’t be fooled! The subject of this Picture of the Week, ESO 580-49, may seem…
Correction: A follow-up paper by Barth & Stern (2018) has shown that the evidence for…
You are what you eat when it comes to fat, report scientists from McGovern Medical…
A new NASA sea level simulator lets you bury Alaska’s Columbia glacier in snow, and,…
New research from the University of Manchester reveals that uranium can perform reactions that previously…
Heat generated by the gravitational pull of moons formed from massive collisions could extend the…
NASA’s Juno spacecraft shows Jovian clouds in striking shades of blue in this new image.…
Programming a computer is generally a fairly arduous process, involving hours of coding, not to…