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Plastic eating enzyme cocktail heralds new hope for plastic waste

Plastic-eating enzyme ‘cocktail’ heralds new hope for plastic waste

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The scientists who re-engineered the plastic-eating enzyme PETase have now created an enzyme 'cocktail' which can digest plastic up to six times faster. A second...
Naked prehistoric monsters Evidence that prehistoric flying reptiles probably had feathers refuted

Naked prehistoric monsters: Evidence that prehistoric flying reptiles probably had feathers refuted

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The debate about when dinosaurs developed feathers has taken a new turn with a paper refuting earlier claims that feathers were also found on...
Scientists precisely measure total amount of matter in the universe

Scientists precisely measure total amount of matter in the universe

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A top goal in cosmology is to precisely measure the total amount of matter in the universe, a daunting exercise for even the most...
Astronomers find the first galaxy whose ultraviolet luminosity is comparable to that of a quasar

Astronomers find the first galaxy whose ultraviolet luminosity is comparable to that of a...

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Using observations made with the Gran Telescopio Canarias (GTC), at the Roque de los Muchachos Observatory (Garafía, La Palma, Canary Islands), and with the...
New study shows converting to electric vehicles alone wont meet climate targets

New study shows converting to electric vehicles alone won’t meet climate targets

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Today there are more than 7 million electric vehicles (EVs) in operation around the world, compared with only about 20,000 a decade ago. It's...
First study with exoplanet satellite data describes one of the most extreme planets in the universe

First study with exoplanet satellite data describes one of the most extreme planets in...

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CHEOPS keeps its promise: Observations with the space telescope have revealed details of the exoplanet WASP-189b—one of the most extreme planets known. CHEOPS is...
The testimony of trees How volcanic eruptions shaped 2000 years of world history

The testimony of trees: How volcanic eruptions shaped 2000 years of world history

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Researchers have shown that over the past two thousand years, volcanoes have played a larger role in natural temperature variability than previously thought, and...
New method allows precise gene control by light

New method allows precise gene control by light

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A novel optical switch makes it possible to precisely control the lifespan of genetic copies. These are used by the cell as building instructions...
Physicists develop a method to improve gravitational wave detector sensitivity

Physicists develop a method to improve gravitational wave detector sensitivity

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Gravitational wave detectors have opened a new window to the universe by measuring the ripples in spacetime produced by colliding black holes and neutron...
New funerary and ritual behaviors of the Neolithic Iberian populations discovered

New funerary and ritual behaviors of the Neolithic Iberian populations discovered

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Experts from the Department of Prehistory and Archaeology of the University of Seville have just published a study in the prestigious journal PLOS ONE on an...
Major wind driven ocean currents are shifting toward the poles

Major wind-driven ocean currents are shifting toward the poles

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ely explain the reasons for this, because they were mostly focusing on atmospheric processes. Now, experts at the AWI have solved the puzzle: the...