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Rice University scientists plan to employ the power of the sun to build functional synthetic…
The ability for cancer cells to develop resistance to chemotherapy drugs – known as multi-drug…
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Dark matter is increasingly puzzling. Around the world, physicists have been trying for decades to…
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To build more aerodynamic machines, researchers are drawing inspiration from an unlikely source: the ocean.…
This image from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter (MRO) shows an impact crater looking amusingly like…
Juno accomplished a close flyby over Jupiter’s churning atmosphere on Wednesday, February 7, successfully completing…
The Sun might emit less radiation by mid-century, giving planet Earth a chance to warm…
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A new study sheds light on how obesity may contribute to male infertility. Published in…
Extremely distant galaxies are usually too faint to be seen, even by the largest telescopes.…
Chemists from Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have found out how stubborn pollutants in water…
Animals have evolved all manner of adaptations to get the nutrients they need. For nectar-feeding…
Two small asteroids recently discovered by astronomers at the NASA-funded Catalina Sky Survey (CSS) near…