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Panyushkina and her team at the University of Arizona carefully dissected individual tree rings from ancient wood samples ...

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The Solar Orbiter mission is studying the Sun with six different imaging instruments, allowing the spacecraft to peel away ...

Solar-Powered Desalination System Requires No Extra Batteries Oct. 8, 2024 — Engineers built a solar-powered desalination system that produces large quantities of clean water despite variations ...

Astronomers are closer than ever to working out how the biggest galaxies in the cosmos grew so quickly before dying.

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