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Nasa space probe to ‘touch the sun’ in landmark mission
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A Nasa probe is set to be the closest a man-made object has ever got to the Sun. Nasa’s Parker Solar Probe ...
Scientists discover geological event that causes ‘fountains of diamonds’ to erupt from the Earth
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After years of mystery, scientists have discovered why diamonds are sent to the Earth’s surface. Diamonds are formed way down in the ...
Oldest thylakoids in fossil cells directly evidence oxygenic photosynthesis
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Sánchez-Baracaldo, P., Bianchini, G., Wilson, J. D. & Knoll, A. H. Cyanobacteria and biogeochemical cycles through Earth history. Trends Microbiol. 30, 143–157 ...
Unknown ‘lost world’ could be closest surviving time capsule of Earth 3.5 billion years ago
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Scientists have been sent into a frenzy after a lagoon discovered could provide them with countless information about Earth billions of years ...
Where to see up to 150 shooting stars TONIGHT
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One of the best meteor showers of the year is set to be visible later tonight, with up to 150 shooting stars ...
Our galaxy could be stuck in a completely empty void, according to scientists
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In news which may seem underwhelming, a group of researchers from Germany, Scotland and the Czech Republic have suggested that rather than ...
Self-assembled photonic cavities with atomic-scale confinement
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Winfree, E., Liu, F., Wenzler, L. A. & Seeman, N. C. Design and self-assembly of two-dimensional DNA crystals. Nature 394, 539–544 (1998). ...
Single-molecule electron spin resonance by means of atomic force microscopy
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Set-up and sample preparation Our measurements were performed under ultrahigh vacuum (base pressure, p < 10−10 mbar) with a home-built conductive-tip atomic force microscope equipped ...
A human embryonic limb cell atlas resolved in space and time
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Human tissue sample collection First trimester human embryonic tissue was collected from elective termination of pregnancy procedures at Addenbrookes Hospital (Cambridge, UK) ...
The US is about to send up its ‘secret space warplane’ atop its most powerful rocket
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So there will be some innocuous civilian NASA science business going on. There will also, however, be some experimentation with “space domain ...