Astrophysics

Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic complex cells

Yeast has half its DNA rewritten in quest for synthetic...

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A team aiming to produce the first complex cell with an entirely synthetic genom...

Atom-by-atom recordings track what happens after substances dissolve

Atom-by-atom recordings track what happens after substa...

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Solvation is the complicated process through which a dissolved substance like sa...

Distant Milky Way-like galaxy is older than we thought possible

Distant Milky Way-like galaxy is older than we thought ...

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The most distant Milky Way-like galaxy ever seen – a barred spiral galaxy – has ...

Why is Canada's assisted dying policy in the global spotlight?

Why is Canada's assisted dying policy in the global spo...

SIN Nov 8, 2023 0 2

Medically assisted dying was behind more than 4 per cent of Canada's deaths last...

Superconductor hopes dashed after journal retracts ‘red matter’ study

Superconductor hopes dashed after journal retracts ‘red...

SIN Nov 8, 2023 0 26

Nature has retracted the scientific paper that claimed earlier this year that th...

How Jupiter's powerful storms compare to weather on hot Jupiters

How Jupiter's powerful storms compare to weather on hot...

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From the Great Red Spot to the extreme jet stream, Jupiter’s weather is intense,...

Just 3.5 minutes of intense activity a day may keep your heart healthy

Just 3.5 minutes of intense activity a day may keep you...

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A few minutes a day of intense physical activity, which can come from everyday c...

When to see Venus disappear behind the moon for its lunar occultation

When to see Venus disappear behind the moon for its lun...

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Venus will vanish behind the moon for about an hour in the morning of 9 November...

Newfound moon around asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two touching rocks

Newfound moon around asteroid Dinkinesh is actually two...

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When NASA’s Lucy spacecraft flew past the asteroid Dinkinesh, it found an unexpe...

Orcas sink another sailboat as a bewildering wave of attacks continues

Orcas sink another sailboat as a bewildering wave of at...

SIN Nov 8, 2023 0 21

Orcas have been damaging or sinking boats in the Strait of Gibraltar for the pas...

Rising humidity has boosted storm potential in northern hemisphere

Rising humidity has boosted storm potential in northern...

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Over the past 40 years, rising humidity means the atmospheric conditions that tr...

Will the cannabis of the future be brewed in big vats of yeast?

Will the cannabis of the future be brewed in big vats o...

SIN Nov 8, 2023 0 3

We can now synthesise THC, CBD and other cannabinoids in bioreactors – these cou...

Drug that cuts breast cancer risk set for wider use in UK

Drug that cuts breast cancer risk set for wider use in UK

SIN Nov 7, 2023 0 2

An oral medicine called anastrozole has been approved by the UK's drug regulator...

Rats squeak with happiness when they are with another rat

Rats squeak with happiness when they are with another rat

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Rats emit a high-pitched squeak when around another rat, seemingly just to expre...

Can we smash together all of the asteroids to build a new planet?

Can we smash together all of the asteroids to build a n...

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The asteroid belt is messy and sometimes a threat to our solar system’s planet, ...

Euclid space telescope releases its first stunning full-colour images

Euclid space telescope releases its first stunning full...

SIN Nov 7, 2023 0 2

The European Space Agency’s Euclid space telescope has released five of its firs...

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