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Airing commercials after political ads actually helps sell nonpolitical products
About $7 billion reportedly will be spent this fall on television and digital commercials from political…
A new design for flow batteries
In 2020, China plans to launch the largest battery complex in the world with a capacity…
New findings on SARS-CoV-2 protein shed light on virus's ability to infect cells
At the start of a COVID-19 infection, the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 docks onto human cells using the…
Shigella prevents infected cells from sacrificing themselves for the greater good
Enteric pathogens, such as the bacterium Shigella, can cause severe intestinal disease with bloody diarrhea. In…
Long 'lost' elephant shrew found in Horn of Africa
For half a century scientists feared that the Somali elephant shrew had vanished from the face…
Can the world emerge from the pandemic a better place?
The pandemic has caused disruption around the world, but it could also be an opportunity to…
The sun may have started its life with a binary companion
A new theory published today in the Astrophysical Journal Letters by scientists from Harvard University suggests…
Magnetized gas flows feed a young star cluster
Observations of magnetic fields in interstellar clouds made of gas and dust indicate that these clouds…
Scientists slow and steer light with resonant nanoantennas
Light is notoriously fast. Its speed is crucial for rapid information exchange, but as light zips…