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Vera C. Rubin Observatory: Groundbreaking mission to make a 10-year movie of the universe.

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Astronomers will begin taking a time-lapse of the night sky using the largest digital camera ever built. Designed to detect any new or moving specks of light, as well as the structure of the universe, the new $473 million Vera C. Rubin Observatory in Chile will take so many images, so fast, that it will … Read more

A new weapon in the battle against antibiotic resistance: Temperature

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E. coli colonies growing on an agar plate containing ciprofloxacin: these resistant colonies originate from mutants. On the left resistant mutants originating from a population grown at 37 °C (normal body temperature), on the right resistant mutants originating from a population grown at 40 °C (temperature temperature). Credit: Eleanor Sheridan / University of Groningen Scientists … Read more