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AstronomyRevved-up antics of a pulsar jet
Flailing like an out-of-control fire hose, a mammoth jet of charged particles gushing from a collapsed star is varying its shape and brightness more rapidly than any other jet known in the heavens.
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Health & MedicineViral protein could help liver therapy
Researchers have developed a method of delivering gene therapies to targeted cells that makes use of viral proteins rather than whole virus particles.
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ChemistryAn inexpensive catalyst generates hydrogen
A new, inexpensive catalyst could make hydrogen generation cleaner.