- Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism Phys.org
- It’s 7 metres long, can weigh almost a tonne and can live for 400 years or more – meaning some around today were born in 1625… BBC…
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Eye-opening research: Greenland sharks maintain vision for centuries through DNA repair mechanism – Phys.org
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NASA to Cover US Spacewalks 94, 95 at International Space Station
NASA astronauts will conduct two spacewalks Thursday, Jan. 8, and Thursday, Jan. 15, outside the International Space Station, and the agency will provide comprehensive coverage.
The first spacewalk is scheduled to begin at 8 a.m. EST on Jan. 8…
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The Same Recipe That Created Life on Earth May Exist on Mars, Scientists Say
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In an investigation to find out what sparked life on Earth, researchers have discovered that RNA…
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‘It would be a fundamental breakthrough’: Mysterious dark matter may interact with cosmic ‘ghost particles’
New research puts forward compelling new evidence that dark matter interacts with cosmic “ghost particles” called neutrinos. If that is the case, then this interaction could pose a serious challenge for the standard model of cosmology, our…
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China’s ‘artificial sun’ breaks a long-standing fusion limit
China has moved one step closer to clean fusion energy by breaking a long-standing rule in plasma physics. Scientists running the country’s artificial sun have shown that plasma can stay stable even at very high density.
For many years, high…
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China’s Astronaut Mouse Delivers Nine Pups A Month After Return To Earth
A mouse that was part of an elite team that spent two weeks in microgravity on board China’s Shenzhou-21 spaceship and Tiangong space station has proven there is no conflict between career and motherhood for space-traveling rodents. She gave…
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Synthesis of silica nanoparticles from rice husk to determine insecticidal properties against Glyphodes pyloalis walker (Lepidoptera: Crambidae)
Epstein, E. Silicon: its manifold roles in plants. Ann. Appl. Biol. 155, 155–160 (2009).
Pooniyan, S. et al. Silicon status in soils and their benefits in crop production. Commun. Soil. Sci….
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Astronomers Reveal Hidden Activity in the Early Universe’s Most Massive Galaxies
An international team of astronomers has studied ultramassive galaxies – galaxies containing more than 100 billion stars – as they existed when the universe was less than 2 billion years old. The results show that while some of these ultramassive…
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Astronomers Reveal Hidden Lives of the Early Universe’s Ultramassive Galaxies – W. M. Keck Observatory
A new multi-wavelength study shows that some ultramassive galaxies shut down star formation early, while others remain active but hidden by dust
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Maunakea, Hawaiʻi – An international team of astronomers has…
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NASA’s Hubble Examines Cloud-9, First of New Type of Object
A team using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has uncovered a new type of astronomical object — a starless, gas-rich, dark-matter cloud considered a “relic” or remnant of early galaxy formation. Nicknamed “Cloud-9,” this is the…
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