Astronomers have discovered a rare "runaway" star that is speeding across its galaxy at a 300,000 miles per hour (at that speed it would take about half a minute to travel from Los Angeles to New York). The runaway star (designated ...
Astronomy
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The Getty Conservation Institute (GCI) announced today that it has nearly completed its work at the Tomb of Tutankhamen in Egypt, one of the most famous cultural heritage sites in the world. The project—a multiyear collaboration ...
Archaeology
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A Purdue University professor says the idea of commuters working as their vehicle drives them to their jobs faces more hurdles than people realize.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Mar 28, 2018
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Insights into how songbirds learn to sing provide promising clues about human speech disorders and may lead to new ways of treating them, according to new research published in the journal eLife.
Biotechnology
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An international team of scientists jointly with Professor Artem Oganov of Skoltech and the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology report the chemical composition, crystal structure and properties of Na2B30 ‒ a compound ...
Materials Science
Mar 28, 2018
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Developed and patented in 2012 and 2014 in the Laboratoire d'Analyse et d'Architecture des Systèmes (LAAS-CNRS) and implemented industrially by Picometrics-Technologies, BIABooster technology characterizes DNA with new precision ...
Analytical Chemistry
Mar 28, 2018
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Mass extinctions throughout the history of the Earth have been well documented. Scientists believe that such extinctions occurred during a short period of time in geological terms. In a new study, palaeobiologists at Friedrich-Alexander-Universität ...
Earth Sciences
Mar 28, 2018
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Pseudogenes lose their ability to encode proteins, which is unaffected by natural selection, as no mutations in such genes are harmful. A study conducted with the participation of the specialists from the Faculty of Bioengineering ...
Biotechnology
Mar 28, 2018
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Femtosecond lasers are capable of processing any solid material with high quality and high precision using their ultrafast and ultra-intense characteristics. With the continuous development of laser technology, ultrafast ...
Optics & Photonics
Mar 28, 2018
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An Indian billionaire who promised to help fund a rival to Facebook said Wednesday he had been "overwhelmed" with the response as the world grapples with concerns about data privacy.
Business
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