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In mice, these white blood cells tamp down inflammation in the lungs

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Astronomers obtained the first resolved image of disturbed gaseous clouds in a galaxy 11 billion light-years away by using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA). The team found that the disruption is caused by young powerful jets ejected from a supermassive black hole residing at the center of the host galaxy. This result will cast light on the mystery of the evolutionary process of galaxies in the early Universe.

Changes in species abundance can throw food chains out of whack and put livelihoods at risk

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PCR-based tests are being rolled out in hospitals nationwide, and the Food and Drug Administration is fast-tracking novel approaches as well

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The behavior of such machines influences how people treat one another

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Astronomers have created five models representing key points from our planet's evolution, like chemical snapshots through Earth's own geologic epochs. The models will be spectral templates for astronomers to use in the approaching new era of powerful telescopes, and in the hunt for Earth-like planets in distant solar systems.

Eighty-five percent of the universe is composed of dark matter, but we don't know what, exactly, it is.

New analyses question whether mysterious gamma-ray and x-ray light in the galaxy actually stems from an invisible mass

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The behaviour of one of nature's humblest creatures and archival data from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope are helping astronomers probe the largest structures in the Universe.

A team at Boston Children’s Hospital is searching for ways to boost a vaccine’s effectiveness for those who need it most

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Staple crops are likely to be less affected by measures to control the virus, but farmers growing more specialized ones could feel the pinch

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A new computer model shows how a buried ocean on the dwarf planet might have enabled seismic waves to travel

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Physicists have found a way the theory might limit the cosmic inflation that is thought to have expanded the early universe

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It is possible for the world to cut emissions enough to limit warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. But tenacious belief will be needed to achieve that goal

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Astronomers have captured new, detailed maps of three nearby interstellar gas clouds containing regions of ongoing high-mass star formation. The results of this survey, called the Star Formation Project, will help improve our understanding of the star formation process.

The 1918 influenza pandemic and 2002–2003 SARS outbreak suggest social distancing measures, communication and international cooperation are the most effective methods to slow COVID-19

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The few thousand galaxies closest to us move in a vast 'bubble' that is 250 million light years in diameter, where the average density of matter is half as large as for the rest of the universe. This is the hypothesis put forward by a theoretical physicist to solve a conundrum that has been splitting the scientific community for a decade: at what speed is the universe expanding?

The doctor’s firsthand experience with epidemics gives him a unique view of our current health crisis

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A new computer model analyzes when to admit people to intensive care units—and when to move them out—which could help doctors handle the coronavirus surge

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The goal is to identify the best means of encouraging individuals to change the way they live. Young people may need more convincing

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