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Cancer ‘vaccine’ eliminates tumors in mice
Activating T cells in tumors eliminated even distant metastases in mice, Stanford researchers found. Lymphoma patients are being recruited to test the technique in a clinical trial.
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MIT-designed project achieves major advance toward fusion energy
For the first time, a large high-temperature superconducting electromagnet was ramped to a field strength of 20 tesla, the most powerful magnetic field of its kind ever created. The demonstration helps resolve the greatest uncertainty in the quest to build the first fusion power plant that can produce more energy than…
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Seaweed in Cow Feed Reduces Methane Emissions Almost Entirely
Seaweed could be the key to stopping industrial agriculture from destroying the planet
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Poor Grades Tied to Class Times That Don’t Match Our Biological Clocks
Schedules of night owls, morning larks and daytime finches may predict their educational outcomes
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Caltech Researchers Find Evidence of a Planet Beyond Pluto
Planet Nine's existence was discovered by Konstantin Batygin and Mike Brown through mathematical modeling and computer simulations.
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Scientists discover a cause of lupus, possible way to reverse it
Scientists have discovered a molecular defect that promotes the pathologic immune response in lupus and demonstrated that reversing the defect may potentially reverse the disease.
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Lyme disease bacteria eradicated by new drug in early tests
A study provides evidence that the drug azlocillin eliminates the bacteria that cause Lyme disease at the onset of infection in lab mice and cultures.
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Physics Student Earns PhD at Age 89
Physics is the most fundamental of sciences. It provides a foundation for ideas critical to other scientific fields and the underpinnings for modern technologies.
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Berkeley offers its data science course online for free
Data science is increasingly popular at Berkeley because the world is increasingly data-driven
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Astronomers reveal first image of the black hole at the heart of our galaxy
The first images of the supermassive black hole at the heart of Sgr A reveal that this black hole is very different from the one at the heart of M87.
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Claude discovers a novel enzyme system with CRISPR-like repeats
In early results from our new life sciences research lab, Claude agents found an enzyme system whose function is still unknown.
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Research suggests Big Bang may have taken place inside a black hole
In this blog, Professor Enrique Gaztanaga from the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation writes for The Conversation.
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Large Hadron Collider discovers three new exotic particles
The collaboration has observed a new kind of “pentaquark” and the first-ever pair of “tetraquarks”
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Why do railway tracks have crushed stones alongside them?
Track ballast is the name for the crushed stones next to railway tracks. They are used by Railway Track Designers for numerous reasons
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Electric motors with no rare earths
As a pioneer of electric motors using no rare earths, Renault Group is unique on the automotive market, a position reasserted for strategic reasons.
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What Americans die from vs. what the news reports on
What do Americans die from, and what do the New York Times, Washington Post, and Fox News report on?
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We Made One Gram Of Remdesivir
Two of the experimental coronavirus drugs, chloroquine, and hydroxychloroquine are a breeze to synthesize. But remdesivir, possibly the most promising candidate, is anything but. It's a royal pain. Here's why.
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Europe’s next-generation weather satellite sends back first images
The first images from the Meteosat Third Generation-Sounder satellite have been shared at the European Space Conference in Brussels, showing how the mission will provide data on temperature and humidity, for more accurate weather forecasting over Europe and northern Africa.
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Scientists glue two proteins together, driving cancer cells to self-destruct
Stanford researchers hope new technique will flip lymphoma protein's normal action - from preventing cell death to triggering it.
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Quantum Supremacy Using a Programmable Superconducting Processor
Posted by John Martinis, Chief Scientist Quantum Hardware and Sergio Boixo, Chief Scientist Quantum Computing Theory, Google AI Quantum Physicist...
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Young children would rather explore than get rewards
Young children will pass up rewards they know they can collect to explore other options, a new study suggests. Researchers found that when adults and 4- to 5-year-old children played a game where certain choices earned them rewards, both adults and children quickly learned what choices would give them the biggest…
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New gel restores dental enamel and could revolutionise tooth repair
A new material has been used to create a gel that can repair and regenerate tooth enamel, opening up new possibilities for effective and long-lasting preventive and restorative dental treatment.
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