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World’s smallest neutrino detector observes elusive interactions of particles

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Researchers Bjorn Scholz (left) and Grayson Rich (right) with the world's smallest neutrino detector as it's being installed along 'neutrino alley' at the Spallation...

First observation of the hyperfine splitting in antihydrogen

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Antimatter research laboratory. Credit: Professor Niels Madsern Swansea University scientists working at CERN have again made a landmark finding, taking them one step closer to answering...

Twilight observations reveal huge storm on Neptune

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Images of Neptune taken during twilight observing revealed an extremely large bright storm system near Neptune's equator (labeled 'cloud complex' in the upper figure),...

Good cellular neighbors combat incipient cancers

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Normal cells help corral tumors (left) and when removed lead to expansion of cancers. Credit: Yale University Scientists have spent decades studying the nature of tumor...

BPA can disrupt sexual function in turtles, could be a warning...

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Scientists found that BPA can alter a turtle's reproductive system and disrupts sexual differentiation while it develops in the egg. Researchers are concerned findings...

Early gene-editing success holds promise for preventing inherited diseases

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Newly fertilized eggs before gene editing (left) and embryos after gene editing and a few rounds of cell division (right). Credit: OHSU/Mitalipov lab Scientists have, for...

Exposure to BPA potentially induces permanent reprogramming of painted turtles’ brains

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Painted turtle eggs were brought from a hatchery in Louisiana, candled to ensure embryo viability and then incubated at male-permissive temperatures in a bed...

Catalysts efficiently and rapidly remove BPA from water

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BPA is found in water sources around the world. Credit: © winston / Fotolia Carnegie Mellon University chemist Terrence J. Collins has developed an approach that...

Caught in the act: Coral’s bleaching behavior

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Heliofungia actiniformis uses pulsed inflation to try to survive coral bleaching. Credit: Brett Lewis, QUT Coral researchers have for the first time captured the specific behaviour...

Climate engineering may save coral reefs, study shows

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Current coral bleaching in Fiji. Credit: Professor Peter J Mumby, University of Queensland Geoengineering of the climate may be the only way to save coral reefs...

Predicting coral reef futures under climate change

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This is a macroalgae dominated reef in the Seychelles. Credit: Nicholas Graham Researchers examining the impact of climate change on coral reefs have found a way...