Researchers Collect DNA From the Air – Potential for New Ecological, Health and Forensic Applications

Researchers from Queen Mary University of London have shown for the first time that animal DNA shed within the environment ...
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Detailed Map of COVID-19 Lung Pathology Revealed With Advanced Technology

Immune cells (red) migrate near the cells that cause fibrosis (green) in late COVID-19. Credit: Images courtesy of André Rendeiro ...
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Stiff Competition: Lab-Made Hexagonal Diamonds Stiffer Than Natural Cubic Diamonds

Nature’s strongest material now has some stiff competition. For the first time, researchers have hard evidence that human-made hexagonal diamonds ...
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Researchers Urge You to Avoid Processed Meats – Linked to Higher Risk of Mortality and Major Cardiovascular Disease

Multinational study published in The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that consumption of moderate amounts of unprocessed meat is ...
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New Model Raises Doubt About the Composition of 70% of Our Universe – Dark Energy May Simply Not Exist!

Researchers the world over have long believed that 70 percent of the universe is composed of dark energy, a substance ...
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World’s First Laser-Based Manipulation of Antimatter (The Otherworldly Counterpart to Matter)

An artistic illustration of the movement of an antihydrogen atom in the ALPHA magnetic trap, before (grey) and after (blue) ...
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Seagrass Meadows Turn Back the Clock on Ocean Acidification – Can Reduce Local Acidity by Up to 30%

Seagrass, akin to a marine forest in terms of the biodiversity found within it, spreads across Tomales Bay in northern ...
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Discovery Unravels Darwin’s “Abominable Mystery” Surrounding Origin of Flowering Plants

The origin of flowering plants famously puzzled Charles Darwin, who described their sudden appearance in the fossil record from relatively ...
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Diamonds That Formed Deep in the Earth’s Mantle Contain Evidence of Deep-Earth Recycling Processes

This cartoon shows a subducting oceanic plate traveling like a conveyor belt from the surface down to the lower mantle. ...
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Advance in Ground-Breaking “Optical Tweezers” to Boost Biomedical Research

The resonance of ions in nanocrystals creates a strong optical trapping force. Credit: Dr. Fan Wang A significant advance in ...
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