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Secrets of COVID-19 transmission revealed in turbulent puffs

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Researchers have developed a new model that explains how turbulent puffs, like coughs, behave under different environmental conditions. They found that at environmental temperatures...
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Meet the spotted lanternfly, the bug health officials are begging you to kill on...

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Meet the spotted lanternfly, the bug health officials are begging you to kill on sight Whether you choose to kill insects or not, there is...
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A 1,000-year drought is hitting the West: Could desalination be a solution?

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The United States and many other parts of the world are reeling under the impacts of severe drought. One possible solution is the desalination...
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Ancient woman’s DNA provides first evidence for the origin of a mysterious lost culture:...

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In 2015, archaeologists from the University of Hasanuddin in Makassar, on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi, uncovered the skeleton of a woman buried in...
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New class of habitable exoplanets represent a big step forward in the search for...

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A new class of exoplanet very different to our own, but which could support life, has been identified by astronomers, which could greatly accelerate...
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LED streetlights contribute to insect population declines: study

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Street lighting has detrimental impacts on local insect populations Streetlights—particularly those that use white light-emitting diodes (LEDs)—not only disrupt insect behavior but are also a...
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World-first detector designed by dark matter researchers records rare events

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A ground-breaking detector that aims to use quartz to capture high frequency gravitational waves has been built by researchers at the ARC Centre of...
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Possible new antivirals against COVID-19, herpes

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Clinically approved antiviral drugs are currently available for only 10 of the more than 220 viruses known to infect humans. The SARS-CoV-2 outbreak has...
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Interstellar comets like Borisov may not be all that rare

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Astronomers calculate that the Oort Cloud may be home to more visiting objects than objects that belong to our solar system. In 2019, astronomers spotted...
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Mathematical model predicts best way to build muscle

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Researchers have developed a mathematical model that can predict the optimum exercise regime for building muscle. The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used methods...
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Wandering black holes

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Scientists have long theorized that supermassive black holes can wander through space—but catching them in the act has proven difficult. Every massive galaxy is believed...