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Just by slowing their metabolism, mutant fruit flies can go from zero to hero. …
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New research, published this week (24 July 2019) in the journal PLOS ONE, shows how Antarctic…
Balancing beams: Multiple laser beamlets show better electron and ion acceleration
A research team led by Osaka University showed how multiple overlapping laser beams are better at…
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Paris on Thursday baked in a record hot temperature of 41 degrees Celsius as a ferocious…
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Millions of people have signed up to a tongue-in-cheek Facebook event to storm the US military…