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Simple Test Predicts Dangerous Pregnancy Disorder That Kills Thousands
Australian researchers have developed a way to predict the onset of a deadly pregnancy condition that kills 76,000 women and half a million babies each…
New Flame Retardants Present Serious Risks – Toxic Chemicals in Electronics, Car Seats
Fragmented Magnetism – Elusive Atomic-Scale Magnetic Signal Revealed
Exploring the Physics of White Dwarf Stars With Gravity Crystals [Video]
Earth Is Not Unique: New Technique Using Ancient Stars Studies Geochemistry of Planets Outside Our Solar System
Helping Save Pumas From Inbreeding With Whole Genome Sequencing
A Star Is Born: Using World’s Biggest Laser to Study Nucleosynthesis
Remarkable Composite Metal Foam Outperforms Aluminum for Use in Aircraft Wings
Powered by Sunlight, ‘Artificial Leaf’ Successfully Produces Clean Gas From CO2 and Water
World Record Acceleration: Zero to 7.8 Billion eV in 8″ – May Unlock Fundamental Nature of Our Universe
New technique doubles the highest electron energy ever produced by a laser plasma accelerator, bringing the promise of tera electron volt electron-positron colliders one step…
Extra Finger Discovered on Aye-Aye, Making the World’s Weirdest Primate Even Weirder [Video]
The world’s weirdest little primate has gotten even weirder, thanks to the discovery of a tiny extra digit. A study led by researchers from North…
Instant Human Liver and Pancreas? Not Quite, but a Better Way to Grow Multiple Organs [Video]
A research team centered at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) and Tokyo Medical and Dental University (TMDU) developed an improved method to grow an…
Cervical Pre-Cancer Rates Cut in Half by HPV Immunization Program
A school-based human papillomavirus (HPV) immunization program in British Columbia, Canada, is dramatically reducing rates of cervical pre-cancer in B.C. women, according to a new…
Magneto-Inertial Fusion Experiment With 36 Plasma Guns – Advancing Toward Clean, Safe Power
The Plasma Liner Experiment will soon test the potential for a novel plasma fusion concept, while offering insights into the physics of colliding plasma jets….
New Shape-Morphing, Self-Healing, Intelligent Material Developed for Soft Robotics
Advances in the fields of soft robotics, wearable technologies, and human/machine interfaces require a new class of stretchable materials that can change shape adaptively while…
Fat Accumulates Inside Lungs of Overweight People – May Cause Asthma Symptoms
Researchers have shown for the first time that fatty tissue accumulates in the airway walls, particularly in people who are overweight or obese. Scientists already…
25-Year-Old Astrophysics Puzzle Explained by Powerful Jets From Supermassive Black Holes?
“Weather” in clusters of galaxies may explain a long-standing puzzle, according to a team of researchers at the University of Cambridge. The scientists used sophisticated…
Experts Say Nobel Prize Lacks Diversity – Again
Each October, the Nobel Prizes are an opportunity to celebrate science. Unfortunately, this year’s prizes once again underscored a lack of diversity among the winners,…
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