Despite their name, giant viruses are difficult to visualize in detail. They are too big for…
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France bans disposable packaging, utensils in fast-food restaurants
Fast-food eateries in France will soon no longer be able to use disposable containers, plates, cups…
Endangered loggerhead turtle fitted with GPS tracker, released back to the ocean
Her name is Bullumby, meaning “beautiful one,” and she’s helping carry the survival hopes of her…
Russia may expedite launch of next space capsule after leak
Russia’s space corporation Roscosmos said Monday that a coolant leak from a Russian space capsule attached…
Revisiting the space weather environment of Proxima Centauri b
The nearest known exoplanet to Earth, the planet orbiting Proxima Centauri, experiences some pretty nasty space…
Computer code accurately predicts the disintegration of droplets in turbulent flows
New computer simulations can go where experiments reach their limits. Scientists from the Center of Applied…
Deblurring can reveal 3D features of heavy-ion collisions
When the nuclei of atoms are about to collide in an experiment, their centers never perfectly…
Alien planet found spiraling to its doom around an aging star
For the first time, astronomers have spotted an exoplanet whose orbit is decaying around an evolved,…
Are bacteriophages the new antibiotics?
Bacteriophages, viruses that infect bacteria, may be used as an alternative treatment option when antibiotics fail.…
Countries poised for historic deal to protect nature
Countries closed in on a historic deal to reverse decades of environmental destruction threatening the world’s…