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Fusion’s biggest challenge may no longer be the physics, MIT study finds
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Large-scale study finds no link between crime and unauthorized immigration
For more than two decades, Charis E. Kubrin has followed the data wherever it leads. As UC Irvine Chancellor's Professor of Criminology, Law and Society, she has built a career studying one of America's most politically charged questions: Does immigration drive crime?
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Solar eclipse offers rare chance to solve Sun’s magnetic-field mysteries
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In Oregon, voters' passage of gun control measure led to more firearms in the state
Oregon voters' narrow 2022 approval of a referendum designed to limit gun purchases has instead resulted in thousands more firearms in the state than there otherwise would have been, a new analysis suggests.
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Vatsan Raman to lead research at Wisconsin Madison university
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From Inspiration to Impact: 10 Years of Research on AI for Physics
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First evidence of Neanderthal bone tool use in Romania discovered
Deep in the Vârghiș Gorges, tucked away in the dark recesses of a cave, researchers have found the first evidence that Neanderthals used bone tools in Romania.
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Fighting pathogens by watching how they read their own DNA: Q&A with structural biologist
Every living cell, from the simplest bacterium to a human neuron, relies on the same basic machinery to read, interpret, and use its DNA. This molecular machinery is so fundamental that life as we know it cannot exist without it. And because it is so essential, it has long been a target for drugs; it shuts down a bact…
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Poll: Voters don't like candidates who dodge climate change
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LVC physicist wins third NSF grant for student-faculty research
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E&E News: NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change report
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NOAA to end support for Arctic climate change report
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But Is It Natural? How Our Affinity for ‘Naturalness’ Can Save or Sink New Climate Solutions | Newswise
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Black holes older than the Big Bang could explain dark matter
Some black holes roaming the Universe today may actually be older than the Big Bang. A new cosmic “bounce” model suggests the Universe expanded from an earlier contracting phase, allowing ancient black holes to survive the transition as cosmic fossils. These relics could potentially explain dark matter and why surprisingly massive objects appeared so early in cosmic history.
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Butterflies Take Flight in Face of Climate Change and Extreme Weather
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Who are the secret gardeners of a parasitic plant?
In the coastal forests of a tropical Japanese island near Okinawa grows an inconspicuous plant that is easy to mistake for a mushroom. It is a non-green parasite that feeds on the roots of other plants and produces up to 1 million tiny seeds, each covered in a minuscule, dry fruit. The seeds, in particular, present a…
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