Science

Breakthrough study challenges long-held beliefs about the shape of atomic nuclei

An international research collaboration led by the University of Surrey's Nuclear Physics Group has overturned the long-standing belief that the…

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New therapy may effectively control HIV in Uganda

A multi-national, multi-institutional study led by Weill Cornell Medicine investigators found little natural resistance to a new HIV therapy called…

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A catalytic two-step: Transforming industrial CO2 into a renewable fuel

Yale scientists have taken a critical next step in creating a scalable process to remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the…

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Wild fish can recognize individual divers

For years, scientific divers at a research station in the Mediterranean Sea had a problem: at some point in every…

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‘Healthy’ vitamin B12 levels not enough to ward off neuro decline

Meeting the minimum requirement for vitamin B12, needed to make DNA, red blood cells and nerve tissue, may not actually…

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‘Out of science fiction’: First 3D observations of an exoplanet’s atmosphere reveal a unique climate

Astronomers have peered through the atmosphere of a planet beyond the Solar System, mapping its 3D structure for the first…

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Global action needed to solve the medical oxygen crisis

Targets for universal access, national roadmaps and more affordable and accessible care are vital to help fill the medical oxygen…

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Near-complete skull discovery reveals ‘top apex’, leopard-sized ‘fearsome’ carnivore

A rare discovery of a nearly complete skull in the Egyptian desert has led scientists to the "dream" revelation of…

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Under-sea mountains are key ‘hubs’ for sharks

Under-sea mountains are key locations for predators -- with 41 times more sharks than the open ocean, new research shows.…

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Gene therapy for rare epilepsy shows promise in mice

Dravet syndrome and other developmental epileptic encephalopathies are rare but devastating conditions that cause a host of symptoms in children,…

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