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Finland’s University of Jyväskylä has an announcement: an experiment performed in its accelerator lab “has succeeded in producing a previously unknown atomic nucleus.”
Dubbed “190-Astatine,” it’s made from 85 protons and 105 neutrons..
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Take a prolonged drought amid record-high temperatures for Spain, toss in an increasingly dense forest unable to adapt to a fast-changing climate, and Asier Larrañaga has reason to be on guard.
Exclusive: Researcher Dr Larissa Suzuki tells how Nasa is developing a ChatGPT-style interfaceIn the film 2001: A Space Odyssey the sentient supercomputer, HAL 9000, chats conversationally to the mission pilots on a Jupiter-bound spaceship, executing t…
The village of Bamber Bridge in northwestern England is marking the 80th anniversary of what’s now known as the Battle of Bamber Bridge.
Four-page declassified report said while ‘extensive work’ had been conducted, no evidence of an incident at the Wuhan lab was foundUS intelligence agencies found no direct evidence that the Covid-19 pandemic stemmed from an incident at China’s Wuhan In…
England’s chief medical officer tells Covid inquiry focus was more on dealing with consequences of pandemicUK politics live – latest updatesEngland’s chief medical officer, Sir Chris Whitty, said the UK “did not give sufficient thought” to stopping Cov…
The German government has announced draft plans to boost domestic research into development of nuclear fusion but left open how those efforts will be funded.
European Union officials say there is a growing risk of mosquito-borne viral diseases such as dengue and chikungunya in Europe due to climate change.
An anonymous reader quotes a report from New Scientist: Microsoft researchers have made a controversial claim that they have seen evidence of an elusive particle that could solve some of the biggest headaches in quantum computing, but some experts are …
Survey shows the impact of Covid on frontline workers, with one in 25 NHS staff attempting suicide for first timeOne in 10 health workers in England had suicidal thoughts during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to research that highlights the scale of …