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Engineers Develop Most Efficient Red Light-Activated Optogenetic Switch for Mammalian Cells

Scientists Detect Radio Echoes of a Black Hole Feeding on a Star

Introducing "Hoptunes", a New Class of Exoplanets that Could Help Solve the Mystery of Worlds in Scorching Orbits

Towards a Better Catalyst

Birth of New Neurons in the Human Hippocampus Ends in Childhood

Researchers Sew Atomic Lattices Seamlessly Together

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Engineers Develop Most Efficient Red Light-Activated Optogenetic Switch for Mammalian Cells

Scientists Detect Radio Echoes of a Black Hole Feeding on a Star

Introducing "Hoptunes", a New Class of Exoplanets that Could Help Solve the Mystery of Worlds in Scorching Orbits

Towards a Better Catalyst

Birth of New Neurons in the Human Hippocampus Ends in Childhood

Researchers Sew Atomic Lattices Seamlessly Together

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Scientists Detect Radio Echoes of a Black Hole Feeding on a Star

Introducing "Hoptunes", a New Class of Exoplanets that Could Help Solve the Mystery of Worlds in Scorching Orbits

Towards a Better Catalyst

Birth of New Neurons in the Human Hippocampus Ends in Childhood

Researchers Sew Atomic Lattices Seamlessly Together

Engineers Develop Most Efficient Red Light-Activated Optogenetic Switch for Mammalian Cells