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City microbes survive on disinfectants, study finds
The Human Microbiome Project, launched by the NIH in 2007, provided the first insight into the microbial diversity of healthy...
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Chinese underground laboratory seeks answer to deep scientific riddle
Inside is the neutrino detector, a stainless steel and acrylic sphere about 35 meters in diameter, crisscrossed with cables. Far...
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ARQUIN provides a framework to simulate a distributed quantum computing system
Dilution refrigerators keep superconducting qubits cold. Credit: Andrea Starr | Pacific Northwest National Laboratory One of the most difficult problems...
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Scared of spiders? Heights? Public speaking? They activate different parts of the brain, research shows
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public domain What scares you the most? Maybe he's teetering precariously on the edge of a skyscraper; maybe...
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mRNA vaccines against epidemics can be synthesized in less time using a new technique
The phosphorylation reagent with a hydrophobic nitrobenzyl tag allows the production of high purity fully chemically synthesized mRNAs and transcriptionally...
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Webb uses gamma-ray bursts to probe the origin of excess star formation
Credit: arXiv (2024). DOI: 10.48550/arxiv.2409.11468 Among its other notable achievements and puzzles, the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) discovered a...
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Electrophysiological study shows how ant toxin causes extreme pain
Ta3a is active at NaV channel isoforms, shifts the current-voltage plot to the left, and impairs inactivation of NaV1.7 channels...
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Deep learning sheds light on past and future atmospheric blocking events
Atmospheric blocking events can cause record rainfall in Hawaii. Credit: Jason Miller via Unsplash. Atmospheric blocking events are persistent, high-impact...
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A new theoretical framework sets the limits for realizing quantum processes in space-time
Credit: Vilasini & Renner Bell's theorem, the well-known theoretical framework introduced by John Bell several decades ago, demarcates the limits...
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Apple researchers suggest artificial intelligence is still an illusion
Overall, the models show noticeable performance variations even if we only change the names, but even more so when we...
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