The nuclease Cas13b associated with CRISPR defense systems—also known as genetic scissors—has the potential to be used in the future in hereditary diseases to silence adverse genes. In the fight against infections, it ...
Biotechnology
May 31, 2022
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Watching the skies for large asteroids that could pose a hazard to Earth is a global endeavor. So, to test their operational readiness, the international planetary defense community will sometimes use a real asteroid's close ...
Astronomy
May 31, 2022
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Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have boosted the sensitivity of their atomic radio receiver a hundredfold by enclosing a small glass cylinder of cesium atoms inside what looks like ...
Quantum Physics
May 23, 2022
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University of Central Florida researchers are developing new photonic materials that could one day help enable low power, ultra-fast, light-based computing.
Materials Science
May 18, 2022
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A Colorado State University-led study published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology reveals that in U.S. cities over a several-year period, natural gas pipeline leaks were more prevalent in neighborhoods with ...
Environment
May 12, 2022
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Fruit flies continue to mate with each other even when infected with deadly pathogens—reveals a study by researchers at the University of Birmingham.
Plants & Animals
May 10, 2022
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There's an old joke that the dinosaurs are only extinct because they didn't develop a space agency. The implication, of course, is that unlike our reptilian ancestors, we humans might be able to save ourselves from an impending ...
Space Exploration
May 2, 2022
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A protein that allows the fungus which causes white mold stem rot in more than 600 plant species to overcome plant defenses has been identified by a team of U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service and ...
Biotechnology
Apr 25, 2022
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Powerful radar systems have played a major role in the study of planets, moons, asteroids, and other objects in our Solar System for several decades, and now have a "unique role" to play in planetary defense—"providing ...
Astronomy
Apr 20, 2022
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A classified satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office was launched into space from California on Sunday.
Space Exploration
Apr 18, 2022
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