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Biodegradable Food Packaging That Also Increases Food Shelf Life
Credit: © Spanish Council for Scientific Research While developing biodegradable food packaging from upcycled cheese whey and almond shells, the…
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Climate Change Conundrum Faced by Farmers: Low Crop Yields or Revenue Instability
Climate change will leave some farmers with a difficult conundrum, according to a new study by researchers from Cornell University…
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Satellites Track Massive “Godzilla” Saharan Dust Plume
The Copernicus Sentinel-5P mission is dedicated to monitoring air pollution by measuring a multitude of trace gases as well as…
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How Tear Gas Works and How It Affects Your Body [Video]
2-Chlorobenzalmalononitrile, better known as CS gas, is one of the most common tear gases used in the United States today,…
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The ‘morning star’ Venus is at its brightest for 2020 this week. Here’s how to see it.
After putting on a great show in our evening sky during the first half of this year, dazzling Venus puts…
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Discovery of Giant 15′ Extinct Dolphin Shows Surprising Parallel Evolution With Whales
This illustration shows a life restoration of a pod of Ankylorhiza tiedemani hunting. Credit: Robert W Boessenecker A report in…
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Supergenes – Massive Blocks of Genes – May Help Fill Lingering Gaps in Darwin’s Theories of Evolution
Supergenes Play a Larger Role in Evolution Than Previously Thought Massive blocks of genes—inherited together ‘plug and play’ style—may play…
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What color is the sunset on other planets?
Fiery rose and peach sunset skies are a unique perk of our home on Earth. But what colors appear when…
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NASA Increases Investment in US Small Businesses for Artemis Lunar Technology
Illustration of Artemis astronauts on the Moon. Credit: NASA NASA has selected four U.S. small businesses to mature a range…
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How SHERLOC Will Help NASA’s Perseverance Rover Search for Signs of Life on Mars
As seen in this artist’s concept, the SHERLOC instrument is located on the end of the robotic arm of NASA’s…
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Comet NEOWISE Sizzles As It Slides by the Sun – A Treat for Observers on Earth and in Space
Comet C/2020 F3 NEOWISE appears as a string of fuzzy red dots in this composite of several heat-sensitive infrared images…
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NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover Attached to Atlas V Rocket at Cape Canaveral
The nose cone containing the Mars 2020 Perseverance rover sits atop a motorized payload transporter at Cape Canaveral Air Force…
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Observation of the Quantum Spin Liquid State in Novel Material Advances Spintronics
A QSL state can be experimentally observed, which has advanced our knowledge of spin behavior, and its integration in next-generation…
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Extremely Fast Electronic Changes Observed in Real Time in a Special Material Class
Topological materials such as tungsten ditelluride, here a sample in an ultra-high vacuum chamber, have special electronic properties and are…
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A Neutron Star and Pulsar in a ‘Fiercely Tight’ Orbit Will Collide 470 Million Years From Now; Will It Unlock Another Space Mystery?
Astronomers have observed two collapsed stars of different masses locked in a “fiercely tight” orbit that are expected to collide…
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Breathtaking Night-Shining Clouds: Electric Blue Streaks Form High in the Atmosphere
June 23, 2020 Every summer in the Northern Hemisphere, electric blue streaks form high in the atmosphere. These seasonal clouds…
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How Long to Play Dead in Order to Stay Alive? The Answer Is “Highly Strategic”
A belly-up antlion larva remaining motionless for an unpredictable period testing to destruction the patience of potential predators. Credit: Professor…
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South Atlantic Anomaly: Have astronomers finally explained space’s Bermuda Triangle?
Ships, airplanes and people have been known to disappear without explanation in an area of the North Atlantic Ocean known…
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Vital Clues to Unsolved Mysteries in Astrophysics – Including Expansion of the Universe – From Colliding Neutron Stars
An important breakthrough in how we can understand dead star collisions and the expansion of the Universe has been made…
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Motions in the Sun, 125,000 Miles Deep, Reveal Inner Workings of Sunspot Cycle
Ionized gas inside the Sun moves toward the poles near the surface and toward the equator at the base of…