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Astronomers Uncover Origin of Elusive Ultradiffuse Galaxies
On the left, one of the ultra-diffuse galaxies that was analyzed in the simulation. On the right, the image of the DF2 galaxy, which is almost transparent. Credit: ESA/Hubble UC…
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Digital rights can’t flourish alone; church, civil society support needed, says German Christian leader, now heading a foundation
As a teenager growing up in communist East Germany in the 1980s, Ellen Ueberschär learned of freedom of speech in her church parish and she believes that fundamental digital rights…
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The biopesticides market creates lucrative growth opportunities
The biopesticides market creates lucrative growth opportunities
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Do you shop uncontrollably and impulsively? See why
Do you shop uncontrollably and impulsively? See why
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New Insulation Material Enables More Efficient Electricity Distribution
The basis of the new material is polyethylene, which is already used for insulation in existing HVDC cables. Now, by adding very small amounts – 5 parts per million –…
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Scientists Detect Tens of Thousands of Different Molecules in Beer – 80% Not Yet Described in Chemical Databases
Study used modern high resolution analytics to reveal enormous metabolic complexity of beer. The tradition of beer brewing dates back to at least 7000 BCE and maybe even to the…
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Substantial Water Reservoir on Mars? Earthly Rocks Point Way To Water Hidden on the Red Planet
Hydrohematite (right) is a brighter red than anhydrous hematite (left). Credit: Si Athena Chen, Penn State A combination of a once-debunked 19th-century identification of a water-carrying iron mineral and the…
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New Theory Proposed To Explain the Transparency of Metallic Oxides
A collection of strontium and vanadium oxide (SrVO3) metallic films of increasing thickness. Credit: ICMAB-CSIC The electrons of some metal oxides, due to their large effective mass when coupled with…
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NASA’s Fermi Spots a Weird Pulse of High-Energy Radiation Racing Toward Earth
When the core of massive star collapses, it can form a black hole. Some of the surrounding matter escapes in the form of powerful jets that rush outward at almost…