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In the middle of a flower of care on reports that frozen chicken wings imported to China from Brazil tested positive for the coronavirus, experts said on Thursday that the chances of the virus being caught from food – especially frozen, packaged foods – are extremely low. “This means that …

Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical objects. The team of researchers at the universities of Sheffield, Belfast, Bristol, Glasgow, Oxford, St Andrews and Historic England, plus international colleagues, used measurements of …

This false color image shows rippling wind-blown dunes on Mars in 2009. NASA / JPL-Caltech / University of Arizona This story is part of Welcome to Mars, our series exploring the red planet. NASA’s Mars robbers may be glamorous attention-getters, but they have a quieter sibling in the Martian skies. …

A team of scientists at the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering announced the discovery of a simple modification that allows quantum systems to remain operational – or “coherent” – 10,000 times longer than before. Credit: University of Chicago If we can take advantage of it, quantum technology …

On Tuesday, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that his country had approved a vaccine for coronavirus, making it the first country in the world to do so. “I know it has proven effective and forms a stable immunity,” Putin said, adding that his daughter had been inoculated. “We should be …