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First test images from Euclid space telescope unveiled
The Euclid space telescope, launched July 1 on a mission to shed more light on elusive…
Powerful gene editing approach boosts rotifers in pantheon of laboratory animals
Much about tiny, swimming rotifers makes them ideal study subjects. Although barely visible to the naked…
Drought-hit Panama Canal must 'adapt or die' as water levels drop
The Panama Canal, an engineering wonder allowing ships to travel between two oceans, is seeking to…
Brazil row over switch to e-books in Sao Paulo schools
The Sao Paulo state government decided this week to largely replace textbooks with e-books in high…
NASA back in touch with Voyager 2 after 'interstellar shout'
NASA has succeeded in re-establishing full contact with Voyager 2 by using its highest-power transmitter to…
Putting starch into bio-based polymer makes bioplastics more compostable
Researchers from Michigan State University’s top-ranked School of Packaging have developed a way to make a…
Plant poachers damage forest preserves as demand for ramps and morels makes foraging more profitable
When you think about poaching, ramps are likely not the first thing that come to mind. …
New research shows the complexity of bacterial circadian clocks
Bacteria make up more than 10% of all living things but until recently we had little…
Florida corals in hotter water than first thought. Scientists blame 'weird phenomenon'
Entire reefs in the Florida Keys are ghost towns, victims of an unseasonably early and severe…