Science

Coronavirus is in the air – what that means.

Photographic illustration of Slate. Photo by Photo illustration of Slate. Photo by Andrey Zhuravlev / iStock / Getty Images Plus. In the US, COVID-19 is spreading like a forest fire. At the same time, the research community is increasingly learning about how the coronavirus passes from one person to another. …

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House Approves $ 1.3 Billion Spending Package for 2021

The House on Friday approved a $ 1.3 billion package of spending bills for fiscal year 2021. The package, approved in a 217-197 vote by much of the party, included defense spending bills; work, health and human services, and education; commerce, justice and science; energy and water; financial services and …

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New “brilliant” technique to study super heavy elements

Laser resonance chromatography will initially be used to investigate lawrence, element 103. Credit: Mustapha Laatiaoui Combining physics and chemistry methodologies for super heavy element optical spectroscopy. Superheavy elements are intriguing nuclear and atomic quantum systems that challenge experimental sounding since they do not occur in nature and, when synthesized, disappear …

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