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After a heart attack, the heart struggles to recoup and maintain energy. One-third of patients develop heart failure as a ...

For years, a protein inside our cells has quietly powered billions of dollars' worth of cancer drugs. Now a team of ...

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Observations of the Rimae Bode region on the moon reveal five distinct types of terrain and identify several potential ...

Climate change is threatening modern life in ways we are still finding, from food security to the economy to everyday living.

Controlling light with light is a long-sought goal for computing and communication technologies. Achieving this capability ...

By simulating the life cycle of a minimal bacterial cell—from DNA replication to protein translation to metabolism and cell ...

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Even when the idea of terraforming Mars was originally put forward, the idea was daunting. Changing the environment of an ...

In 2020, a study confirmed that two planets orbited the nearby red dwarf, GJ 887. Now, astronomers have confirmed the ...