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Mango Pits, Coconut Shells Could Generate Electricity

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Mango pits and coconut shells can be used to generate electricity,...

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Planck All-Sky Images Show Cold Gas and Strange Haze

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This all-sky image shows the distribution of carbon monoxide (CO), a molecule used by astronomers to trace molecular...

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A Real Estate Deal That Spans The Earth

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The Jamesburg Earth Station closed in 2002, but the 10-story satellite dish still stands tall.

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High-precision map of Milky Way's magnetic fields charted

In a new study, an international team of scientists pooled their radio observations into a database to produce the highest precision map to date of the magnetic field within our own Milky Way galaxy.

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Gene Regulator in Brain’s Executive Hub Tracked Across Lifespan – NIH study

For the first time, scientists have tracked the activity, across the lifespan, of an environmentally responsive regulatory mechanism that turns genes on and off in the brain’s executive hub. Among key findings of the study by National Institutes of...

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NASA Mission Returns First Video From Moon's Far Side

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South pole of the far side of the moon as seen from the GRAIL mission's Ebb spacecraft.

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Looking Inside Viruses

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Computer reconstruction of a virus shell (gray) and inner structure (magenta). In the background, a cryo-electron micrograph of...

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Photo from NASA Mars Orbiter Shows Wind's Handiwork

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This enhanced-color image shows sand dunes trapped in an impact crater in Noachis Terra, Mars. Image credit: NASA/JPL...

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