Science
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Water crisis deepens on California-Oregon line
PORTLAND, Ore. — The water crisis along the California-Oregon border went from dire to catastrophic this week as federal regulators…
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Covid-19 news: England proceeds with step 3 despite surging variant
By Michael Le Page , Clare Wilson , Jessica Hamzelou , Sam Wong , Graham Lawton , Adam Vaughan ,…
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60Fe and 244Pu deposited on Earth constrain the r-process yields of recent nearby supernovae
Natural plutonium from supernovae The rapid neutron capture process (r-process) produces many of the heavy chemical elements, but the astrophysical…
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Isotope study hints ancient Greeks used foreign fighters in key battle
By Krista Charles The Temple of Victory at Himera, Sicily, constructed after the first Battle of Himera in 480 BC…
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Once on display, this ceremonial head is returning to the Amazon
A grim artifact that had been on display for decades in a Georgia university has been authenticated as a human…
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Indian coronavirus variant in the UK seems to be more transmissible
By Adam Vaughan A covid-19 mobile testing unit in Tower Hamlets, London REUTERS//Peter Nicholls A form of the coronavirus variant…
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A giant sequoia in California is still smoldering from last year’s wildfires
Deep within California’s Sequoia National Park, one of the state’s iconic redwood trees is still smoldering from last year’s devastating…
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Huge Chinese rocket is hurtling toward Earth — but no one knows where
It’s 10-stories tall and twice as heavy as a school bus, and it’s set to crash back to Earth this…
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Reversible fusion and fission of graphene oxide–based fibers
Reversible fiber fusion and fission Materials that can cycle between states are of interest for actuators, soft robotics, or recoverable…
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Reversible oxygen migration and phase transitions in hafnia-based ferroelectric devices
A role for vacancies Hafnia-based materials are of interest because of their potential use in microelectronic components. Hafnia-oxide is a…
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