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Using a cancer drug called Trametinib, biologists have extended the life expectancy in fruit flies…
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You won’t have to shake, rattle and roll those last drops of condiments out of…
New research from Yale University shows lysosomes, the “garbage disposal” systems of cells, can fail…
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Over the years the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has provided a state-of-the-art research facility for…
Artist’s illustration of a star with an Earth-like planet. Credit: IAC A newly published study…
By using a battery design that is a hybrid between flow batteries and conventional solid…
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The Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy will attempt to view the dwarf planet Pluto as…
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This Hubble image of the week shows a galaxy named SBS 1415+437 or SDSS CGB…