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The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US A fifth member of the so-called “God’s Misfits” group accused of kidnapping and murdering two friends in Oklahoma has been arrested, ten days after their bodies were discovered. Paul … Read more
A new study published today in Proceedings of the Royal Society B sheds light on how parasites influence the intricate relationships between predator and prey populations. Researchers from the Faculty of Science and Engineering at Queen Mary University of London have developed a novel analysis to explore how factors like parasite virulence and infection probability … Read more
Northrop Grumman NGHT-1X engineering model Hall-effect thruster operating in Glenn Research Center Vacuum Facility 8. The design of the NGHT-1X is based on the NASA-H71M Hall-effect thruster. Credit: Northrop Grumman NASA has developed an advanced propulsion technology to facilitate future planetary exploration missions using small spacecraft. Not only will this technology enable new types of … Read more
A sweetener used in cakes, soft drinks and chewing gum can seriously damage people’s health by weakening the gut, a new study has found. Consumption of even a small amount of the sweetener neotame can lead to someone starting to suffer irritable bowel syndrome, insulin resistance, and even sepsis, a condition that kills about 40,000 … Read more
Throughout the five months of troubleshooting, Voyager’s ground team continued to receive signals indicating the spacecraft was still alive. But until Saturday, they lacked insight into specific details about the status of Voyager 1. “It’s pretty much just the way we left it,” Spilker said. “We’re still in the initial phases of analyzing all of … Read more
The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US State and local law enforcement have launched a new search in a wooded area of Long Island, as part of the ongoing investigation into the grisly Gilgo Beach murders. … Read more
Setting the stage for a new era of immersive displays, researchers are one step closer to mixing the real and virtual worlds in an ordinary pair of eyeglasses using high-definition 3D holographic images, according to a study led by Princeton University researchers. Holographic images have real depth because they are three dimensional, whereas monitors merely … Read more
Oocyst bursting – showing a bursting oocyst (looking like a dandelion seed head) with sporozoites (eyelash looking) coming out of on the surface of midgut of An. gambiae mosquito. Credit: UF/IFAS Malaria is a mosquito-borne disease caused by a parasite that spreads from bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes. If left untreated in humans, malaria … Read more
Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter for the latest tips and offers Sign up to the Independent’s betting newsletter Terence Crawford will return to the ring on 3 August, headlining a stadium show in Los Angeles against Israil Madrimov. The pair will clash at the BMO Stadium – home to Major League Soccer’s Los Angeles … Read more
Did you know that 99% of synthetic diamonds are currently produced using high-pressure and high-temperature (HPHT) methods?[2] A prevailing paradigm is that diamonds can only be grown using liquid metal catalysts in the gigapascal pressure range (typically 5-6 GPa, where 1 GPa is about 10,000 atm), and typically within the temperature range of 1300-1600 °C. … Read more
