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Step into the white light for faster communication

Nanocrystals that generate white light could help combine lighting and communications systems into one. [caption id="attachment_9706" align="alignright" width="300"] A nanocrystal-based material converts blue laser emission to white light for combined illumination and data communication. ©…

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Targeting neglected diseases

New enzyme-mapping advance could help drug development.  [caption id="attachment_9703" align="alignnone" width="639"] Researchers at MIT have for the first time identified the structure of a Class I fumigate hydrates enzyme, which could be a target for…

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Hubble’s fireball

[caption id="attachment_9698" align="alignnone" width="694"] ESA/Hubble & NASA Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt (geckzilla.com)[/caption] This dramatic burst of colour shows a cosmic object with an equally dramatic history. Enveloped within striking, billowing clouds of gas and dust that…

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Scientists Show Molecule in Brain May Drive Cocaine…

A new study from scientists at The Scripps Research Institute (TSRI), funded by the National Institutes of Health’s (NIH) National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), suggests…