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Jaw-some wombats may be great survivors
Flexible jaws may help wombats better survive in a changing world by adapting to climate change’s…
NASA's TESS spacecraft is finding hundreds of exoplanets – and is poised to find thousands more
Within just 50 light-years from Earth, there are about 1,560 stars, likely orbited by several thousand…
Study observes anomalous decay of coherence in a dissipative many-body system
In quantum physics, some of the most interesting effects are the result of interferences. Decoherence, or…
Achilles heel of tumor cells: Inhibiting the mutated genes that keep cancer cells alive
In almost all cases of colon cancer, a specific gene is mutated—this offers opportunities to develop…
Research finds a new generation insecticide reduces bumblebee egg laying
Sulfoxaflor is a systemic insecticide that has been licenced for use in 81 countries around the…
Voyager 2 illuminates boundary of interstellar space
One year ago, on Nov. 5, 2018, NASA’s Voyager 2 became only the second spacecraft in…
Nanoparticle orientation offers a way to enhance drug delivery
MIT engineers have shown that they can enhance the performance of drug-delivery nanoparticles by controlling a…
Diffuse X-ray emission detected around the ultraluminous X-ray pulsar NGC 5907 ULX-1
Using NASA’s Chandra spacecraft, European astronomers have detected a diffuse X-ray emission around an ultraluminous X-ray…
Millions of monarch butterflies killed on Texas highways
Monarch butterflies are moving south through Texas on their annual autumn migration to overwintering sites in…