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Scientists identify three causes of Earth’s spin axis drift
A typical desk globe is designed to be a geometric sphere and to rotate smoothly when you spin it. Our actual planet…
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Cane toad: Scientists crack genetic code
A group of scientists from UNSW Sydney, the University of Sydney, Deakin University, Portugal and Brazil have unlocked the DNA of the…
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Scientists ‘teleport’ a quantum gate
Yale University researchers have demonstrated one of the key steps in building the architecture for modular quantum computers: the “teleportation” of a…
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Scientists pioneer a new way to turn sunlight into fuel
The quest to find new ways to harness solar power has taken a step forward after researchers successfully split water into hydrogen…
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Scientists decode opium poppy genome
Scientists have determined the DNA code of the opium poppy genome, uncovering key steps in how the plant evolved to produce the…
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Scientists identify a new kind of human brain cell
One of the most intriguing questions about the human brain is also one of the most difficult for neuroscientists to answer: What…
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The behavior of water: Scientists find new properties of H2O
A team of scientists has uncovered new molecular properties of water — a discovery of a phenomenon that had previously gone unnoticed.…