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European countries impose travel bans as scientists probe if new strain spreads faster or causes more severe COVID-19 | Continue reading
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Scientists call for National Science Foundation’s workforce surveys to tally sexual and gender minorities | Continue reading
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Prominent family of highly selective journals expands open-access option | Continue reading
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Sputnik V vaccine still has more than 90% efficacy in second interim analysis | Continue reading
After a decade, National Ignition Facility nears a self-heated, sustained reaction, though net energy gain is still elusive | Continue reading
Nature Communications paper claims female mentors are bad for early-career female scientists | Continue reading
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A probe billions of kilometers from Earth has measured visible light unattributable to known stars and galaxies | Continue reading
Hundreds choose sides, with each position counting numerical data to support their view | Continue reading
Analysis of early cosmic evolution points to dark matter’s importance and casts doubt on modified theories of gravity | Continue reading
Mutations and other changes in tumors appear to explain rare success stories | Continue reading
Stacked carbon sheets used to make switches that some quantum computers rely on | Continue reading
National Science Foundation decides to decommission iconic radio observatory | Continue reading
Amid mounting criticism, researchers find far lower levels of mysterious phosphine in reanalysis of telescope data | Continue reading
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Scientists worry changes in the viral genome could make future COVID-19 vaccines less effective | Continue reading
Genetic sequencing suggests apes caught pathogen from an unknown reservoir | Continue reading
Temporary side effect leads to hold on clinical trial as scientists explore different dosing strategies | Continue reading
Work by Jason Richwine has generated controversy | Continue reading
Researchers worried for future of iconic radio telescope after second cable tears through its dish | Continue reading
Even with infusion of federal cash, plan to build NuScale plant too pricey for some | Continue reading
Nearly 10,000 common gene variants influence how tall a person becomes | Continue reading