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Signs of geological activity found on Venus
Scientists find evidence parts of Venus’s rocky surface move around like bits of ocean pack ice. …
First wave COVID-19 data underestimated pandemic infections
Two COVID-19 pandemic curves emerged within many cities during the one-year period from March 2020 to…
Tree pollen carries SARS-CoV-2 particles farther, facilitates virus spread
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The humidity of flowers acts as an invisible attractor for bumblebees
As well as bright colors and subtle scents, flowers possess many invisible ways of attracting their…
Deeply mining a universe of peptides encoded by long noncoding RNAs
Long noncoding RNAs (lncRNAs), a family of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) that are greater than 200 nucleotides…
NASA to Air Third Spacewalk to Install New Station Solar Arrays
Two astronauts will venture outside the International Space Station Friday, June 25, for a third spacewalk…
Climate change: Stripes campaign 'started conversations'
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Scientists are pursuing a new strategy in the protracted fight against the SARS-CoV-2 virus by engineering…
NASA Selects Engineering Services Contractor
NASA has awarded Aerodyne-SGT Engineering Services LLC (ASES) of Cape Canaveral, Florida, for a contract to…