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Two new double-lined spectroscopic binary white dwarfs identified by astronomers
A team of U.S.-Canadian astronomers has conducted radial velocity observations of four binary white dwarf candidates.…
New mapping technique shows how RNA interacts with chromatin in the genome
A group led by scientists from the RIKEN Center for Integrative Medical Sciences (IMS) in Japan…
Global analysis shows unprecedented scale of Australian summer of fire
Researchers at Western Sydney University’s Hawkesbury Institute for the Environment have analysed historic data on the…
Why drought-busting rain depends on the tropical oceans
Recent helpful rains dampened fire grounds and gave many farmers a reason to cheer. But much…
A year of surprising science from NASA's InSight Mars mission
A new understanding of Mars is beginning to emerge, thanks to the first year of NASA’s…
Substance found in fossil fuels can transform into pure diamond
It sounds like alchemy: take a clump of white dust, squeeze it in a diamond-studded pressure…
Researchers create new state of light
For 20 years, researchers have studied how light rotates around a longitudinal axis parallel to the…
Deforestation in the tropics causes declines in freshwater fish species
NUS ecologists have found that Nematabramis everetti, a common freshwater fish species that is resilient to…
Future space detector LISA could reveal the secret life and death of stars
A team of astrophysicists led by Ph.D. student Mike Lau, from the ARC Centre of Excellence…