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New Polymer Technology Brings Precision and Sustainability to Drug Manufacturing
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Scientists Unlock the Hidden Nanostructure of Carmine Pigment
Across ancient manuscripts, medieval frescoes, baroque oil paintings, and even the pink coating of modern candy, a vivid red pigment…
Machine Learning Cracks the High-Pressure Mystery of Superhydrides
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Quantum Tango Unveiled How Atoms Dance on Metal
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Arctic Birds: 73 Million-Year-Old Nursery Discovered in Alaska
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Solving a 10,000-Year-Old Mystery: Proteins Reveal Why Megafauna Disappeared
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Ancient Chinese Dragon Reveals Secrets of Middle Jurassic Dinosaurs
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Earth’s Mystery Pulse Unveiled Deep in Greenland Fjord
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New Study Asks Is Mars Terraforming Even Possible
For generations, the idea of transforming Mars from a frozen desert into a second Earth has inspired dreamers and scientists…
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Black Holes The Universe’s Ultimate Particle Accelerators
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The Cosmic Himalayas: A Galactic Mystery at the Edge of the Universe
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Pluto Breathes and Charon Listens in a Cosmic Dance of Ice and Haze
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Parker Solar Probe Uncovers Hidden Source of Sun’s Powerful Energetic Particles
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WASP-121b’s Fiery Orbit Reveals Surprising Methane and Secrets of Planet Formation
Astronomers have long imagined the birthplaces of planets as serene nurseries of dust and gas gently swirling in protoplanetary disks.…
A Dying Star Blazes Twice as Bright in a Distant Galaxy
On a quiet December night in 2024, as Earth rotated on unbothered by the chaos in the distant cosmos, the…
Andromeda Merger Less Likely Within 5 Billion Years
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Astronomers Listen to the Most Massive Pulsating White Dwarf
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Supercomputer Unlocks Secrets of Gold Forging Colliding Stars
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