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An international team, including Kumamoto University and its partner institutions, has found severe flood risks and high ...

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Every cell carefully builds and positions thousands of proteins that allow it to sense and respond to its surroundings. Even ...

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As another academic year ends, some schools will be closing their doors permanently because of declining numbers of children.

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Researchers at The University of Manchester have revealed how intense electronic excitation can trigger rapid structural ...

Quantum computers process information in a fundamentally different way from conventional computers, using quantum bits, or ...