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Study finds solar flare ions heat to 6.5 times the expected temperatures

An unexpected solution to a 50-year-old mystery about our Sun.

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Massive volcanic eruptions triggered short-lived, historical global cooling

Summer temperatures may be highly sensitive to high latitude volcanic eruptions.

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Deep light imaging improves illness detection

Offset optical coherence tomography enhances high-contrast imaging in turbid media.

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Peptides target key enzymes in bacterial biofilms

Peptide disrupts biofilm formation by targeting a key enzyme.

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Meditation helps to recall positive memories in people with depression

The new approach builds off previous research linking depression to the retrieval of autobiographical memories.

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Boosting the color brilliance of OLEDs through a fundamental physical concept

New research has shown that a strong coupling of light and material increases the color brilliance of OLED displays.

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An ancient Namibian gemstone could be the key to new light-based quantum computers

These results pave the way towards realizing strongly interacting exciton-polaritons.

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