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A thin crystalline film of table sugar, or sucrose, captured in a polarised light micrographKARL GAFF/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY Scientists have…

Ancient volcanic eruptions on Mars may have deposited ice at the planet’s equatorRON MILLER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY The warmest parts of…

These are tough times for Russia’s civilian space program. In the last few years, Russia has cut back on the…

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The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine.Since their discovery in 1982, exotic materials known as quasicrystals have…

An 1849 engraving depicting a will-o’-the-wispSSPL/Getty Images Bubbles merging in water can spontaneously generate electrical sparks highly effective sufficient to…

Some issues in cosmology could merely be unknowable. Why is there one thing slightly than nothing? What lies exterior the…

After inspecting a few candidate formulations, the staff discovered the best materials. “We used a biocompatible thermoplastic called polycaprolactone and…

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The reputation of these conspiracies may additionally be on the rise in right-wing areas. Some MAHA figureheads, together with Nicole…