Science

New tool could help reshape the limits of synthetic biology: The 'telomerator' reshapes synthetic yeast chromosome into more flexible, realistic form, redefining what geneticists can build

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A scientific schematic of the telomerator in action.

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Obtaining Optimum Formulation in Soundproof, Thermal Insulators

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Planet-forming Lifeline Discovered in a Binary Star System

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For the first time, researchers using ALMA have detected a streamer of gas flowing from a massive outer disc toward the inner...

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Hubble Sees 'Ghost Light' From Dead Galaxies

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Hubble Sees 'Ghost Light' from Dead Galaxies in Galaxy Cluster Abell 2744

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LOFAR discovers largest carbon atoms outside our Milky Way

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A new way to convert light to electrical energy

Plasmoelectric potentials occur when metal nanostructures are excited by light at wavelengths near their resonant wavelengths, and may someday enable development of entirely new types of all-metal optoelectronic devices that can convert light into...

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NASA Program Enhances Climate Resilience at Agency Facilities

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Climate-related extreme events such as hurricanes, sea level rise, and wildfires are expected to increase in the future and pose...

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Five years in space: one satellite, three missions

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Proba-2 sees our Sun.

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