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This image of the solar corona is a color overlay of the emission from highly ionized iron lines, with white light images added below. Different colors provide unique information about the temperature and composition of solar material in the corona. Credits: S. Habbal/M. Druckm?ller/Nasa https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/thumbnails/image/fe_xi_fe_xiv_wl-hr_mitchell_achf.png

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Why the next solar eclipses are a unique chance to understand the sun

North America will see an annular solar eclipse on 14 October and a total eclipse in April 2024. Scientists are preparing to use these spectacles to study our star's mysterious corona

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The best new science fiction books of October 2023

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The best new science fiction books of October 2023

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Technology

Hollow nanoparticles linked by DNA make unusually strong materials

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Plastic scrap in landfill

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Waste plastic can be recycled into hydrogen fuel and graphene

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Physics

Squeezing loofah sponges creates enough electricity to power LEDs

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ORDOS, CHINA - JULY 7, 2023 - Citizens use photovoltaic energy from the roof of a shed to charge an electric vehicle at a public parking lot in Ordos, Inner Mongolia, China, July 7, 2023. Ordos City vigorously promotes the construction of photovoltaic power generation projects on the roofs of administrative institutions, government agencies, schools and public parking sheds. (Photo credit should read CFOTO/Future Publishing via Getty Images)

Environment

How to reach net zero five times faster

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Back to the Future

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The 10 best time travel movies ever made, according to a metaphysicist

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Syndrome in The Incredibles

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Five of sci-fi's best corporate villains, according to author John Scalzi

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Society

Can the UK’s new ARIA science agency deliver ‘moonshot’ technologies?

Analysis

Subatomic particles and atoms, conceptual illustration.

Physics

A brief history of the standard model, our theory of almost everything

Our amazing picture of the particles and forces that make reality took decades of invention and experiment to piece together

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The best new science fiction books of September 2023

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Chemistry

The science behind baking the perfect chocolate chip cookie

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Toughest known structure discovered by autonomous robot lab

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Virus ‘nanobots’ can make harmful bacteria in food and drink glow

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