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First Results from the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment’s Final Dataset are Announced by Physicists

First Results from the Daya Bay Neutrino Experiment’s Final Dataset are Announced by Physicists

The Daya Bay Reactor Neutrino Experiment recorded a record-breaking 5.5 million interactions from neutrino subatomic particles over the course of over nine years. Theta13, a…
Success! Rocket Lab Catches a Booster in Mid-Air with a Helicopter

Success! Rocket Lab Catches a Booster in Mid-Air with a Helicopter

Today, Rocket Lab will attempt to make history by catching a spent rocket in mid-flight using a helicopter. This (largely) novel approach appears to be…
Social Connections Allow Species to Thrive

Social Connections Allow Species to Thrive

The number of interactions between different species increases community diversity, but the mean interaction strength decreases. The interaction capacity hypothesis suggests that interspecies connectance may…
Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire on Competition and Conviction in Crypto Venture — ‘A Lot of Vcs… Are Going To Pull Back’

Sequoia’s Shaun Maguire on Competition and Conviction in Crypto Venture — ‘A Lot of Vcs… Are Going To Pull Back’

As crypto’s rapid growth continues, historic venture company Sequoia is fighting not just with the a16z’s of the world, but also with a growing crop…
Stellantis, Trudeau Invest $2.8 Billion to Boost EV Production in Canada

Stellantis, Trudeau Invest $2.8 Billion to Boost EV Production in Canada

Stellantis said on Monday that it will invest $2.8 billion (CAD $3.6 billion) in two of its Canadian operations to enhance electric car manufacturing. The…
Researchers Fear What a Musk Acquisition Might Mean For Twitter Research Data

Researchers Fear What a Musk Acquisition Might Mean For Twitter Research Data

Much has been written about Elon Musk’s proposal to buy Twitter, which, despite Morgan Stanley’s support and the permission of Twitter’s board of directors, is…
Explanation of Resistance to Cassava Mosaic Disease

Explanation of Resistance to Cassava Mosaic Disease

Researchers have identified the gene responsible for resistance to the devastating cassava mosaic disease in certain cassava cultivars. This is a critical step in developing…
Borate Oxalate – a Chemical Compound

Borate Oxalate – a Chemical Compound

Borate oxalates are chemical compounds that contain the anions borate and oxalate. When the oxalate group is bound to the borate via oxygen, a more…
A Potential Super Wheat for Salty Soils has been Developed by Scientists

A Potential Super Wheat for Salty Soils has been Developed by Scientists

A number of novel wheat cultivars have been created by scientists at the University of Gothenburg that can survive soils with greater salt concentrations. They…
The Retron Switch for Bacterial Immune Defenses

The Retron Switch for Bacterial Immune Defenses

Researchers have developed a tool to better understand what might ‘switch on’ bacterial immune defenses by understanding the function of an elusive small DNA in…
After Decades of Nonstop Corn, Cover Crops are Insufficient to Improve the Soil

After Decades of Nonstop Corn, Cover Crops are Insufficient to Improve the Soil

Even though continuous corn is planted in around 20% of Illinois cropping systems, it is quite difficult to locate areas that have been this way…
HD 164922 d – a Super Earth Exoplanet

HD 164922 d – a Super Earth Exoplanet

HD 164922 d is a super Earth exoplanet in the habitable zone of a G-type star. It has a mass of four Earths, takes 12.5…
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