RNA, or ribonucleic acid, plays an essential role in many biological processes, not only as messenger molecule with the task of transmitting genetic information from the nucleus to the cytoplasm for protein production, but ...
Biochemistry
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Quantum mechanics is a pillar of modern science and technology, and has benefited human society for a century. The wave function, also known as the quantum state, is the description of a quantum object and plays a central ...
Quantum Physics
Jan 5, 2018
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Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba has come under fire over its handling of user data in an episode that underscores growing concerns for privacy in the hyper-digitised country.
Business
Jan 5, 2018
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America's space agency wants you to head for the mountains with a smartphone and a measuring stick.
Environment
Jan 5, 2018
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Eighth-grade science students have used a 3-D printer to create a prosthetic leg for a duck found without a foot shortly after he hatched.
Plants & Animals
Jan 5, 2018
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Cable and satellite TV providers are ringing in the new year with an unwelcomed gift: higher cable bills.
Telecom
Jan 5, 2018
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HP on Thursday announced a recall of batteries in some of its notebook and mobile workstation computers due to the risk they could burst into flames.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jan 5, 2018
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Intel's CEO sold shares in his company several months after Google informed the chipmaker of a serious security problem affecting its products.
Business
Jan 5, 2018
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Amid a frantic rush to patch a computer security flaw, experts struggled Thursday to determine the impact of a newly discovered vulnerability which could affect billions of devices worldwide.
Security
Jan 5, 2018
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In Oklahoma, reducing the amount of saltwater (highly brackish water produced during oil and gas recovery) pumped into the ground seems to be decreasing the number of small fluid-triggered earthquakes. But a new study shows ...
Earth Sciences
Jan 5, 2018
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