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Site of asteroid impact changed the history of…

An asteroid, also known as the Chicxulub Impactor, hit Earth some 66 million years ago, causing a crater 180 km wide. The impact of the asteroid heated organic matter in rocks and ejected it into…

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Breeding highly productive corn has reduced its ability…

[caption id="attachment_13613" align="alignnone" width="646"] Natalia de Leon takes notes on experimental corn plots at the West Madison Agricultural Research Station. By measuring populations of corn plants across North America, de Leon and colleagues could test…

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New theory could open potent new applications for…

[caption id="attachment_13604" align="alignright" width="634"] UW–Madison electrical engineers have devised a new fundamental understanding that someday could lead to vast improvements in such things as the strength of cellphone signals. PIXABAY[/caption] One bar, two bars —…