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FP Trending07 Aug, 2020 17:36:48 IST A massive sunspot on the sun is turning towards our planet and this could result in strong solar flames. The solar pot AR2770 was discovered earlier this week and is expected to grow in size in the coming days. A report of SpaceWeather.com – …

By Nancy Lapid (Reuters) – The following is a roundup of some of the latest scientific studies on the new coronavirus and efforts to find treatments and vaccines for COVID-19, the disease caused by the virus. Possible “missing link” found in virus reproduction cycle Researchers may have found a missing …

The quantum world is a very wild world, where the seemingly impossible happens all the time: Teensy objects separated by miles are bound together, and particles can even be in two places at once. But one of the most confusing quantum superpowers is the movement of particles through seemingly inescapable …

Due to Jet Propulsion Laboratory August 8, 2020 NASA’s ARIA team, in collaboration with Singapore’s Earth Observatory, used satellite data to map the extent of likely damage following a massive explosion in Beirut. Dark red pixels represent the most damage. Areas in orange are moderately damaged, and areas in yellow …

Credit: CC0 Public Domain A machine-learning algorithm that can predict the compositions of trend-defining new materials has been developed by RIKEN chemists1. It will be handy for finding materials for applications where there is a trade-off between two or more desirable properties. Artificial intelligence has great potential to help scientists …