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In less than a month, NASA expects to launch the Mars 2020 Perseverance mission from Cape…

Biobased chemicals take center stage

Usually, when oil prices fall, biobased chemical firms struggle. But these days, alternatives to petroleum-based products…

ESA promote amateur radio in ISS SSTV video

The ESA space agency has released a new video ‘How to get pictures from the International…

Learning more about particle collisions with machine learning

The Large Hadron Collider (LHC) near Geneva, Switzerland became famous around the world in 2012 with…

Physicists use oscillations of atoms to control a phase transition

The goal of ‘femtochemistry’ is to film and control chemical reactions with short flashes of light.…

Texas will face driest conditions of the last 1,000 years

Texas’ future climate will feature drier summers and decreasing water supplies for much of the state…

Supergenes play a larger role in evolution than previously thought

Large blocks of ‘plug and play’ genes play a super-sized role in adaption-and may help fill…

Physicists use oscillations of atoms to control a phase transition

The goal of ”Femtochemistry” is to film and control chemical reactions with short flashes of light.…

Learning more about particle collisions with machine learning

A team of scientists has devised a machine learning algorithm that calculates, with low computational time,…

The best (and worst) materials for masks

It’s intuitive and scientifically shown that wearing a face covering can help reduce the spread of…