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As antibiotic resistance grows, researchers turn to copper to fight infections
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Hydrogen (H2) evolution via photocatalytic water splitting is an environmentally friendly and sustainable technology for solar-to-chemical energy conv…
How one RNA nucleotide switch activates fluorescent dyes
RhoBAST is a tiny RNA molecule that activates fluorescent dyes, enabling researchers to track RNA molecules in living cells with super-resolution. An …
Some satellite companies still have an appetite for boutique launch services
"Dedicated launch is pretty essential for us for most of our missions." If you ask most satellite companies aside from SpaceX, they will tell you the …
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As our telescopes have improved and we've been able to peer farther back in time, we've begun finding more fascinating features of the universe. But o…
Smart, self-healing packaging uses AI to detect food spoilage in real time
Packaging already tells us where food comes from, when it was made, what's in it and how many calories it contains. But researchers see a future where…
Single nanostructure enables independent control of two light resonance modes
Metallic nanostructures are exceptionally effective at concentrating light into tiny volumes, while dielectric nanostructures excel at storing light w…
Rocket Lab protests NASA's decision to award Blue Origin $700 million Mars orbiter contract
Rocket Lab has filed a protest against NASA's decision to award Blue Origin a $700 million Mars orbiter contract, saying it's inconsistent with the el…
New genome study rewrites the early history of grasses, the world's most important plant family
An international team of scientists, including Donald Danforth Plant Science Center member emerita Elizabeth "Toby" Kellogg, Ph.D., has produced a chr…
Random rewards enrich classic game-theory insights
Simple games gain rich strategies in the face of noise. Games may be life with all the hard bits removed, but they provide a way to study why people m…
AI helps find hidden human proteins and reveals what they do
New research shows how artificial intelligence, combined with advanced experimental science, can help find "hidden" and unexplored proteins in the hum…
Battle to save the tiny, gooey snail only found in one lake in the UK
Once prevalent across the UK, this mollusc is now only found in one lake in Wales.
Emerging SARS-CoV-2 sublineage RE.2.2 displays distinct structural features
Researchers from the Institute of Microbiology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (IMCAS) have characterized the structural and functional properties …
Compost microbe yields enzyme that tackles polyurethane foam and nylon
Researchers from Aarhus University and the Danish Technological Institute have taken a new approach in the search for enzymes capable of breaking down…
Microplastics fall across rural Switzerland, adding over 200 tons yearly to land and water
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I've chased the 'false dawn' for years — this is the week to find and photograph it
September's new moon opens a dark window for seeing zodiacal light, the ghostly cone of interplanetary dust that rises above the eastern horizon befor…
10,000 years of wheat and barley selection reveal shared climate-adaptation genes
Research teams from INRAE, the University of Clermont Auvergne and the CNRS have reconstructed 10 ancient genomes (paleogenomes) that are the common a…
At space summit, France and EU rescue European satellite constellation Iris²
Backed by France and the European Union, Iris² aims to deploy 348 satellites to offer secure communications services without relying on non-European p…
Podcast: Eco-anger, France in space, world's first photograph
A climate expert experiences eco-anxiety firsthand after living through France's hottest summer on record. France tries to find its place in the new s…
Macron calls for European crewed spaceflights within 10 years
French President Emmanuel Macron on Thursday called for Europe to become one of the world’s leading space powers, with its first crewed flights within…
French billionaire Olivier Bouygues faces suspended jail term over wildlife killings
French prosecutors are seeking a five-year suspended prison sentence for billionaire Olivier Bouygues over the killing of protected birds on his hunti…