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Using the HESS high-energy stereoscopic system, astrophysicists have identified the colliding stellar winds of the double star Eta Carinae as a new type of very high-energy cosmic gamma radiation (HEV) source. Credit: DESY, Laboratory of Scientific Communication Using a specialized telescope in Namibia, a team of researchers led by DESY …

The artificial enzymes made from treated carbon, seen in this atomic force microscope image, may have the power to reduce harmful levels of superoxides, toxic radical oxygen ions that appear in high concentrations after injury. Credit: Tour Group / Rice University Artificial enzymes made from treated charcoal could have the …

LIGO, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. Haocun Yu, L. McCuller, M. Tse, L. Barsotti, N. Mavalvala, M. Evans, A. Fernández-Galiana, P. Fritschel, F. Matichard, C. Whittle, A. Buikema, S. Biscans, S Gras, BB Lane, M. MacInnis, GL Mansell, K. Mason, TJ Massinger, R. Mittleman, R. Weiss, Hang Yu …

Four new species of single-celled organisms have been discovered in the deep Pacific. Single-cell xenophores were found by researchers at the National Center for Oceanography in the United Kingdom, the University of Hawaii, and the University of Geneva in Switzerland. The species was discovered using an underwater drone in the …

WASHINGTON – The Commerce Department is preventing publication of the results of an investigation into whether it forced the head of a federal agency to endorse President Trump’s erroneous claim that Hurricane Dorian would hit Alabama last year, the inspector general said Wednesday. from the Department. In a note to …