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The first successful substitutes for ivory billiard balls were made with celluloid reinforced with ground cattle bones.
Original 1868 billiard ball by John Wesley Hyatt and its in situ analysis by portable Raman spectroscopy. Credit: Smithsonian Institution...
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Black dots on African penguins’ white foreheads could help them stand out
Some members of the Zoomarine Italia penguin colony. Unique ventral stitch patterns are visible on each penguin's chest. Photo: Cristina...
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Are your Cyber Monday purchases legit? There will be (will be) an app for that
Schematic showing the proposed process for generating and printing PUF images. Credit: Micromachines (2023). DOI: 10.3390/mi14091678 Receiving a fake designer...
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Key mechanism in stem cell change identified
Top: Intestinal stem cells lacking Daam1 (left) or Rnf43 (right) form tumor-like organoids. Credit: Gabriele Colozza/IMBA Stem cells can differentiate...
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Reactivation of inhibited fetal hemoglobin genes could counter sickle cell diseases
Credit: Stem cell (2023). DOI: 10.1016/j.stem.2023.10.007 Researchers from several institutions in China have found a way to use gene editing...
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Unveiling of Wiradjuri’s sacred carved trees
From top to bottom and left to right: photographs of the tree carved by TSR, detail of the tree carved...
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FIRST discovery of dozens of new giant radio galaxies
Credit: CC0 Public domain Astronomers from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and elsewhere report the discovery of 63 new giant radio...
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Toxic invasive plant has twice as many genes as expected
Hogweed (Moscow region, near the Sukhanovo estate). Credit: Anton Gladin For the first time, scientists have studied the genome of...
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Corruption can increase environmental efficiency and improve economies in developing countries, study finds
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain It is possible that corruption leads to better environmental efficiency and an improved economy in developing...
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1,400-year-old temple discovered in Suffolk Royal Colony
Rendlesham revealed: showing the archaeological remains, including the probable temple or house of worship (left side) and boundary ditch (centre)....
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