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Voyager 2 reaches interstellar space: Scientists detect plasma density jump

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Voyager 1 has a companion in the realm of the stars. Researchers at the University of Iowa report that the spacecraft Voyager 2 has entered...

Scientists discover how potent bacterial toxin kills MRSA bacteria

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Scientists from the University of Sheffield have discovered how a potent bacterial toxin is able to target and kill MRSA, paving the way for...

Nanoparticle drug delivery provides pain relief and more effective opioid alternative...

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An international team of researchers has used nanoparticles to deliver a drug—one that previously failed in clinical trials for pain—into specific compartments of nerve...

Complex society discovered in the vulturine guineafowl

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Multilevel societies have, until now, only been known to exist among large-brained mammals including humans, other primates, elephants, giraffes and dolphins. Now, scientists from...

42 years on, Voyager 2 charts interstellar space

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A probe launched by NASA four days after Elvis died has delivered a treasure trove of data from beyond the "solar bubble" that envelops...

Sea levels to continue rising after Paris agreement emission pledges expire...

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Sea levels will continue to rise around the world long after current carbon emissions pledges made through the Paris climate agreement are met and...

Chemists observe ‘spooky’ quantum tunneling

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A molecule of ammonia, NH3, typically exists as an umbrella shape, with three hydrogen atoms fanned out in a nonplanar arrangement around a central...

New printer creates extremely realistic colorful holograms

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Researchers have developed a new printer that produces digital 3-D holograms with an unprecedented level of detail and realistic color. The new printer could...

Researchers engineer insulin-producing cells activated by light for diabetes

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Tufts University researchers have transplanted engineered pancreatic beta cells into diabetic mice, then caused the cells to produce more than two to three times...

The last Neanderthal necklace

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Eagle talons are regarded as the first elements used to make jewellery by Neanderthals, a practice which spread around Southern Europe about 120,000 to...

The secret behind crystals that shrink when heated

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Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Laboratory have new experimental evidence and a predictive theory that solves a long-standing materials science...