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Energy is at the heart of everything, and energy production should be exciting and dynamic and positive. It is not. Here, in ...
Imagine biting into a crisp, garden-fresh salad and savoring juicy strawberries for dessert. But instead of your backyard, ...
More than 3,700 students across North America competed to design experiments for launch aboard the International Space ...
A group of researchers has analyzed 1,240 wastewater samples from 351 cities in 111 different countries and found that ...
Mould found at the site of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster appears to be feeding off the radiation. Could we use it to shield ...
A subtle timing flash may expose the Unruh effect. The approach ties ordinary lab tools to deep quantum physics. Researchers ...