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Physicists build circuit that generates clean limitless power from graphene

Physicists build circuit that generates clean, limitless power from graphene

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A team of University of Arkansas physicists has successfully developed a circuit capable of capturing graphene's thermal motion and converting it into an electrical...
Recipe is different but Saturns moon Titan has ingredients for life

Recipe is different but Saturn’s moon Titan has ingredients for life

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Catherine Neish is counting the days until her space launch. While the Western planetary geologist isn't space-suiting up for her own interstellar voyage, she...
Astronomers reveal first direct image of Beta Pictoris c using new astronomy instrument

Astronomers reveal first direct image of Beta Pictoris c using new astronomy instrument

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The vast majority of planets near foreign stars are discovered by astronomers with the help of sophisticated methods. The exoplanet does not appear in...
Human biology registers two seasons not four study suggests

Human biology registers two seasons, not four, study suggests

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As kids, we learn there are four seasons, but researchers at the Stanford School of Medicine have found evidence to suggest that the human...
New nanotechology design provides hope for personalized vaccination for treating cancer

New nanotechology design provides hope for personalized vaccination for treating cancer

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One of the key challenges in developing effective, targeted cancer treatments is the heterogeneity of the cancer cells themselves. This variation makes it difficult...
Climate change responsible for record sea temperature levels says study 1

Climate change responsible for record sea temperature levels, says study

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Global warming is driving an unprecedented rise in sea temperatures including in the Mediterranean, according to a major new report published by the peer-reviewed Journal...
Rogue Earth mass planet discovered freely floating in the Milky Way without a star

Rogue Earth-mass planet discovered freely floating in the Milky Way without a star

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If a solar system is a family, then some planets leave home early whether they want to or not. Once they've left the gravitational...
New process turns paper manufacturing waste into valuable chemicals

New process turns paper manufacturing waste into valuable chemicals

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A group of researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy's Ames Laboratory has discovered a way to convert a common byproduct of the paper...
Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels

Laundry lint can cause significant tissue damage within marine mussels

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Microscopic fibers created during the laundry cycle can cause damage to the gills, liver and DNA of marine species, according to new research. Scientists at...
Echo mapping in faraway galaxies could measure vast cosmic distances

‘Echo mapping’ in faraway galaxies could measure vast cosmic distances

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When you look up at the night sky, how do you know whether the specks of light that you see are bright and far...
Ice discharge in the North Pacific set off series of climate events during last ice age

Ice discharge in the North Pacific set off series of climate events during last...

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Repeated catastrophic ice discharges from western North America into the North Pacific contributed to, and perhaps triggered, hemispheric-scale changes in the Earth's climate during...