JERUSALEM, Dec. 1 (Xinhua) — Israeli and German scientists have developed a highly sensitive gas sensor that can distinguish between mirror-image versions of the same odor molecule, the Hebrew University of Jerusalem said Monday in a…
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Photographer Captures Near-Impossible Snapshot of Rare 'ELVES' Lightning – extremetech.com
- Photographer Captures Near-Impossible Snapshot of Rare ‘ELVES’ Lightning extremetech.com
- Bizarre, UFO-like halo of red light appears over small Italian town — for the second time in 3 years Live Science
- Pic shows ‘mysterious’ red halo over town…
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NASA exoplanet-hunting spacecraft hears a red giant star ‘singing’ to its partner black hole
Using NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS), astronomers have listened to the cosmic song a red giant star croons to its black hole companion. The song, related to the starquake studied by TESS, revealed the turbulent history of…
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Oops! Russia accidentally destroys its only working launch pad as astronauts lift off to ISS
Russia’s only working launch pad has been temporarily knocked out of action after sustaining significant damage during the recent launch of three astronauts to the International Space Station (ISS). This leaves the country unable to send humans…
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Sun unleashes powerful X-class solar flare, knocking out radio signals across Australia
The sun kicked off December with a bang, unleashing a strong X1.9-class solar flare that briefly knocked out radio communications across Australia and parts of southeast Asia.
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Hole in Antarctic ozone layer shrinks to smallest since 2019, scientists say | Ozone layer
The hole in the ozone layer over the Antarctic this year was the smallest and shortest-lived since 2019, according to European space scientists, who described the finding as a “reassuring sign” of the layer’s recovery.
The yearly gap in what…
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Archaea May Break DNA-to-Protein Rule
The beauty of the DNA code is that organisms interpret it unambiguously. Each three-letter nucleotide sequence, or codon, in a gene codes for a unique amino acid that’s added to a chain of amino acids to make a protein.
But University of…
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Fish protection curbs crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks across the Great Barrier Reef – Phys.org
- Fish protection curbs crown-of-thorns starfish outbreaks across the Great Barrier Reef Phys.org
- New study reveals coral-eating starfish population dwindling on the Great Barrier Reef abc.net.au
- Protection of coral reef fish delivers…
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Clam-plane supernova
(Image credit: ESO/L. Calçada) What does a nuclear explosion in space look like? As it turns out, not perfectly spherical, Live Science contributor Shreejaya Karantha writes.
New…
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