MicroRNA − a new Nobel laureate describes the scientific process of discovering these tiny molecules that turn genes on and off
Victor Ambros received half of the Nobel Prize for his work on microRNAs. Here he talks about the teamwork – and the ...
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Breakthrough in Nuclear Physics with Quark and Gluon Model
Researchers from the Institute of Nuclear Physics of the Polish Academy of Sciences have developed a new model incorporating ...
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Physicists Put Together New Picture Of Atomic Nucleus Including Gluons And Quarks
Physicists love a particle accelerator, and we have since taken a good look at the six flavors of quarks (up, down, strange, charm, bottom, and top) and the eight different types of gluons. But there ...
Look up! This comet won't pass by Windsor-Essex again for another 80,000 years
Essex, with views of the Northern Lights this fall and totality of the solar eclipse this spring. Now, a once-in-a-lifetime comet is visible in the sky.
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A first-person view of physics history
Michael Riordan has spent decades ruminating on the history of physics, including events he participated in himself.
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The long and strange lives of Enrico Fermi’s accelerator building at UChicago
The legend goes that after scientist Enrico Fermi helped bring an end to World War II through his crucial work on the ...
First coherent picture of an atomic nucleus made of quarks and gluons
The atomic nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons, particles that exist through the interaction of quarks bonded by ...
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First Clear View of Quark-Gluon Atomic Nucleus
The atomic nucleus is made up of protons and neutrons, particles that exist through the interaction of quarks bonded by gluons. It would seem ...
Nature3d
AI has dreamt up a blizzard of new proteins. Do any of them actually work?
Emerging protein-design competitions aim to sift out the functional from the fantastical. But researchers hope that the real ...
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High-voltage gun accelerates electrons from zero to 80 … percent the speed of light
Brookhaven National Laboratory have designed and tested the world’s highest voltage polarized electron gun, a key piece of ...
India Education Diary11d
University of Adelaide Experts Contribute to Breakthrough in Quantum Entanglement Research
A team of international scientists working on the ATLAS experiment, including experts from the University of Adelaide, has ...
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What Is Carbon? Life's Most Crucial Element, Explained
Where would carbon-based life be without carbon? There are 118 known chemical elements, but carbon is the fourth most ...