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Tuesday, December 21, 2021

Ground-breaking sensors aboard NASA’s historic space telescope

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After NASA launches the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) on a historic mission this December, scientists anticipate their first glimpse of ...
Monday, December 20, 2021

A superstar enzyme is ready for its close-up

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This illustration features a cryo-EM “map” of the photosystem II complex. It is a 3D reconstruction, based on two-dimensional cryo-EM images...

AI Innovation Incubator to advance artificial intelligence for applied science

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Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) has established the AI Innovation Incubator (AI3), a collaborative hub aimed at uniting expert...

PPPL unravels a puzzle to speed the development of fusion energy

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Yichen Fu, center, lead author of the path-setting paper with co-authors Laura Xing Zhang and Hong Qin. Photos of Fu and Qin by Elle Starkma...

Measuring a quantum computer’s power just got faster and more accurate

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Sandia National Laboratories has designed a faster, more accurate style of test for quantum computers, such as the one pictured here. Photo ...

New Technique Visualizes Every Pigment Cell of Zebrafish in 3D

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3D image of melanin in a zebrafish sample captured by micro-computed tomography. Credit: Spencer R. Katz and Daniel J. Vanselow/Penn State C...

Omicron may be significantly better at evading vaccine-induced immunity, but less likely to cause severe disease

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As the SARS-CoV-2 virus replicates and spreads, errors in its genetic code can lead to changes in the virus. On 26 Novembe r 2021, the World...

Researchers create artificial cell cortex, a system to study how cells divide

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Animal cells are bound by a structure called a cell cortex—and this structure, researchers say, is a bit like a tent. A tent is constructed ...

Vaccine study flips traditional view of product scarcity driving demand

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 The first doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine are administered to Iowa State University health care employees on Friday, December 18, 2020...

Gum disease increases risk of other illness such as mental health and heart conditions

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A University of Birmingham-led study shows an increased risk of patients developing illnesses including mental ill-health and heart conditio...