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A simplified model suggests that flipping a burger four times is the most efficient route to fully cooked perfection. When it comes to burgers, Jean-Luc Thiffeault likes his rare. The mathematician … [+4112 chars]
Comment on this story The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haapai eruption lasted less than a day, but it unleashed the most water vapor into the atmosphere by a volcano on record.Researchers say the blast may tem… [+4836 chars]
It's a record that has been broken multiple times over the past two years alone, and one that we expect to see broken again soon. Astronomers using the newly operational James Webb Space Telescope (… [+4345 chars]
In research that could broadly benefit science, medicine and engineering, a new kind of ultrasensitive optical sensing instrument has been developed by a doctoral student at The University of Alabama… [+4810 chars]
In the era of biomedical applications of nanoparticles, it is imperative to determine how they affect biological functions and the fate of nanomedicine. This analysis would positively help optimize n… [+7083 chars]
Trace gas detection based on laser absorption spectroscopy (LAS) is a powerful technique due to its high sensitivity and selectivity, and it is widely used in many fields. Most of current works are p… [+2726 chars]
The SNAD team, an international network of researchers including Matvey Kornilov, Associate Professor of the HSE University Faculty of Physics, has discovered 11 previously undetected space anomalies… [+4614 chars]
Using an inexpensive polymer called melamine, researchers from UC Berkeley, Texas A&M and Stanford have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks. … [+5518 chars]
Robot lawnmowers around the world have been given an update to sing Happy Birthday at set times today, to celebrate the Curiosity Rover’s 10th year on Mars. An unusual global harmony is taking place… [+2139 chars]
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Representation of the Canal of Mars (1894) and comparison with images from the Hubble Space Telescope. Tom Ruen, Eugene Antoniadi, Lowell Hayes, Roy A. Gallant, HST, NASA About Dolder Science (6/6) … [+1124 chars]