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Inspired by natural signals in living cells, researchers design artificial gas detector
A cube one-40th the size of a human red blood cell can glow when it detects…
Multidrug resistance: Not as recent as we thought
Researchers from Osaka University have made the striking discovery that multidrug-resistant bacteria may have been around…
Hubble Glimpses Faint Galaxy
This Hubble image focuses on an object named UGC 695, which is located 30 million light-years…
A new methodology for sequencing viruses
NUS scientists have developed a more efficient method to sequence the complete genomes of infectious diseases…
NASA's Mars 2020 comes full circle
Engineers took NASA’s Mars 2020 for a spin on Aug. 29, 2019. The 2,300-pound (1,040-kilogram) Martian…
Newly discovered comet is likely interstellar visitor
A newly discovered comet has excited the astronomical community this week because it appears to have…
Research on postmen's testicle warmth wins Ig Nobel
Fertility experts find that the left testicle is warmer, but only when a man has his…
Cheops mission update
Watch a media briefing on our Cheops exoplanet mission Monday 12:15–13:15 CEST live from the European…
Winning bootcamp ideas at Φ-week
On the sidelines of ESA’s Φ-week, a five-day app-development bootcamp took place where young developers came…