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Unprecedented Detail

Researchers Capture Human Dental Enamel in Unprecedented Detail A research team led by Northwestern University scientists has uncovered the structural makeup of human dental enamel at unprecedented atomic resolution, revealing lattice patterns and unexpected irregularities. Enamel is made up of tightly bunched, oblong crystals that are about 1,000 times smaller …

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Caecilian Amphibians

Researchers Find Snake-Like Venom Glands in Caecilian Amphibians A team of scientists from Brazil and the United States has found the specialized oral glands in the jaws of the ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus), a snake-shaped amphibian related to frogs and salamanders. The ringed caecilian (Siphonops annulatus). Image credit: Carlos Jared. …

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Explore Europa’s Ocean

Planetary Researchers Explore Habitability of Europa’s Ocean A duo of U.S. planetary scientists has calculated that water in the subsurface ocean of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa could have been formed by breakdown of water-containing minerals due to either tidal forces or radioactive decay. Artist’s concept of ocean on Jupiter’s moon …

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GPS Tracking Red Pandas

Researchers Use GPS Collars An international team of scientists has conducted a GPS tracking collar study on red pandas (Ailurus fulgens) in eastern Nepal. This is the first time GPS collars have been used to study these elusive animals in the wild. Paaru, one of the red pandas tracked by the …

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Genetic Variations

Researchers Identify 126,018 Human Genetic Variations A team of scientists from the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Francis Crick Institute, and EMBL-EBI has created a comprehensive structural variation atlas for a geographically diverse set of human genomes and recovered sequences missing from the human reference sequence. Among the 126,018 structural variations discovered …

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Liquid Crystals

Researchers Confirm Existence of Elusive Phase of Liquid Crystals A team of scientists from the University of Colorado Boulder and the University of Utah has confirmed the existence of a ferroelectric nematic phase of liquid crystal first proposed more than 100 years ago. View of a new phase of liquid …

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New Evidence On Mars

Researchers Find New Evidence that Mars Once Had Massive Ring Mars had a massive ring system several billion years ago, according to new research from the SETI Institute and Purdue University. An artist’s impression of a ringed Mars. Image credit: Tushar Mittal. Mars has two small satellites, Phobos and Deimos, …

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Researchers Identify Liver Fibrosis-Causing Protein

An international team of scientists has identified a long-sought protein that causes liver fibrosis (scarring), paving the way for new treatments. The research was published in the journal Nature Genetics. Stages of liver disease. Image credit: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases. The team, led by Professor …

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Researchers Invent Nanoscale ‘Refrigerator’ for Quantum Computers

A team of researchers from the Department of Applied Physics at Aalto University in Finland has invented a quantum-circuit refrigerator, which can reduce errors in quantum computing. Photo of the centimeter-sized silicon chip, which has two parallel superconducting oscillators and the quantum-circuit refrigerators connected to them. Image credit: Kuan Yen …

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