New technologies come along all the time – at least, that’s how we’re all used to living, and how everyone in the industrialised world has been used to living since at least the Industrial Revolution itself. That means that we are pretty…
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NASA supercomputer reveals how Greenland ice melt boosts ocean life
A new NASA-backed study has found an unexpected effect of Greenland’s melting ice: the runoff is causing a surge in tiny ocean life. This could have implications for the marine ecosystem and the global carbon cycle.
Scientists have used…
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How China Made an Antarctic Station Run on Majority Clean Energy
Five years ago electrical engineer Sun Hongbin was given what many would consider an impossible task: build a full-fledged clean-energy system amid some of the coldest temperatures on Earth, screaming winds and half-year darkness.
China was then…
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Scientists study snail that can grow its eyes back in hope of helping humans with eye injuries
Scientists are studying a type of snail that can grow its eyes back in the hope of helping…
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Eli Lilly’s Obesity Pill Shows Promising Weight Loss in New Results
An experimental pill made by Eli Lilly led to average weight loss of more than 12 percent of body weight in individuals with obesity, according to initial trial results announced by the drugmaker on Thursday. The pill is meant to be taken daily…
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Electron Sensing on Picosecond Timescales
• Physics 18, s98
An electron on a ballistic trajectory can be detected with trillionth-of-a-second timing resolution through its long-range interaction with another electron.
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The Eiffel Tower gets taller every summer. Here’s how
The structure known today as the Eiffel Tower was originally dubbed the Tour de 300 mètres,…
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How to use an individual development plan to advance your career | Careers
When you were young, you were probably asked ‘What do you want to be when you grow up?’ While you may have had a ready answer – ‘I’m going to be a chemist!’ – that was probably as far as your plan went. But now you realise that…
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Breakthrough study finds Alzheimer’s could be due to this deficiency
A deficiency of the metal lithium in the body could be a key factor contributing to the…
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Merck & Co to cut 6000 jobs, Moderna to cut around 500 | Business
US-based Merck & Co has initiated a cost-cutting plan that will see around 6000 job cuts (about 8% of its global staff) as part of an effort to reduce annual costs by $3 billion (£2.2 billion) by the end of 2027. The company has not given…
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