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Cryo-EM Reveals How “911” Molecule Helps Repair DNA Damage
When something goes wrong during DNA replication, cells call their own version of 911 to pause the process and fix the problem — a failsafe that is critical to maintaining…
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Exoplanets: Weird, Wondrous Worlds [Video]
There’s a huge amount of variety among exoplanets – planets outside our solar system. There are water worlds, lava planets, egg-shaped worlds, planets with multiple suns, and even planets with…
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AI and the Future of Europe – Conference in Brussels on the 30th of March
Renew Europe MEP Dragos Tudorache, chair of AIDA (Special Committee on Artificial Intelligence in the Digital Age) and Parliament co-rapporteur on the AI Act, is organizing an in-person, high-level conference…
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New Male Contraceptive Effectively Prevents Pregnancy – Without Side Effects
Today, scientists report a non-hormonal male contraceptive that effectively prevents pregnancy in mice, without obvious side effects. Women have many choices for birth control, ranging from pills to patches to…
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Einstein’s Theory of Relativity Passes Strict Test Using Large High Altitude Air Shower Observatory
Researchers from the Institute of High Energy Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences examined the validity of the theory of relativity with the highest accuracy in a study entitled…
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The Sex of Your Cells Matters When It Comes to Heart Disease
Most mammals, including humans, have two sex chromosomes, X and Y. One sex chromosome is usually inherited from each parent, and they pair up as either XX or XY in…
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Zero Wasted Electricity: To Revolutionize the Way We Live With Superconductivity
University of Houston Researchers Exploring the Bounds of Room-Temperature Superconductivity. In the simplest terms, superconductivity between two or more objects means zero wasted electricity. It means electricity is being transferred…
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Webb Space Telescope Will Use Spectroscopy to Study Composition of Distant Galaxies
This animation shows the path light will follow as it hits the primary James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) mirror, and is reflected to the secondary, and then in through the…
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Large treasure of Roman silver found in Germany
In Germany, the archaeologists of the city of Augsburg have discovered end of last year the largest hoard of Roman coins ever discovered in Bavaria. It consists of coins about…
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Smartwatch app determines in minutes if a person is infected with COVID-19
A new app developed using research from Princeton University can predict in minutes if someone is infected with COVID-19 based on smartwatch data. The new generation of diagnostic tools is…