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Scientists illuminate a hidden regulator in gene transcription: New super-resolution technique visualizes important role of short-lived enzyme clusters

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By merging two super-resolved images of a single gene (magneta) and Pol II enzymes (green), scientists could see clusters of enzymes, as...

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Rosetta’s comet contains ingredients for life

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Rosetta’s comet contains ingredients for...

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NASA Telescopes Find Clues for How Giant Black Holes Formed So Quickly

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More light on cancer: Scientists created nanoparticles to highlight cancer cells

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These are confocal fluorescence microscopy images of CF2Th cancer cells incubated with LA-Si NPs.

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Hubble Takes Mars Portrait Near Close Approach

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How light is detected affects the atom that emits it: An experiment suggests it might be possible to control atoms entangled with the light they emit by manipulating detection

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In spontaneous emission, wave detection gives you more information than particle detection.

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From ‘Magnetoshells’ to Growable Habitats, NASA Invests in Next Stage of Visionary Technology Development

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Physicists measure van der Waals forces of individual atoms for the first time

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e gas atoms deposited on molecular network are investigated with a probing tip, which is decorated with a xenon atom. The measurements give...

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