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How Blowing Up Atoms Could Revolutionize Cosmology

Лип 23 2017

How Blowing Up Atoms Could Revolutionize CosmologyBy measuring gravitational waves from intense astrophysical processes like merging black holes, the experiment opens up a completely new way

Fukushima disaster: Robot finds possible melted nuclear fuel

Лип 23 2017

An underwater robot spotted the lava-like rocks inside a reactor of Japan's destroyed nuclear plant.

Final New Moon Sunday Starts the Countdown to the Great American Eclipse

Лип 23 2017

The total solar eclipse is coming across the United States on Aug. 21; early Sunday morning (July 23) marks the first new moon before the dramatic event.

Robot finds possible melted fuel inside Fukushima reactor

Лип 23 2017

Robot finds possible melted fuel inside Fukushima reactorLava-like rocks believed to be melted nuclear fuel have been spotted inside Japan's stricken Fukushima reac

Newly discovered Nevada toad species already under threat

Лип 23 2017

Newly discovered Nevada toad species already under threatLAS VEGAS (AP) — Nevada's new toad species is already on the brink of extinction.


Everything you need to know about the 2017 solar eclipse

Лип 22 2017

Everything you need to know about the 2017 solar eclipseSummer's biggest event will be a show in the skies, as the US experiences its first total solar eclipse in 38 years.

Optimization for self-production may explain mysterious features of the ribosome

Лип 22 2017

A new study explains the previously mysterious characteristics of ribosomes, the protein production factories of the cell. Researchers mathematically demonstrated that ribosomes are precisely structured to build themselves as quickly as possible to support efficient cell growth.

Patients with irreparable rotator cuff tears may have surgical option

Лип 22 2017

The arthroscopic superior capsule reconstruction (SCR) surgical technique can offer patients with irreparable rotator cuff repairs the opportunity to return to sports and jobs that require heavy physical work.

Patients taking opioids prior to ACL surgery more likely to be on pain medications longer

Лип 22 2017

More than 130,000 Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) surgeries take place each year with the majority of patients not requiring pain medication after three months post-operatively. However, researchers have found that those patients who were filling opioid prescriptions prior to surgery were 10 times more likely to be filling prescriptions five months after surgery.