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Showcasing big (and little) science from the UK’s official Science and Technology Facilities Council
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Sep 10
On the galaxy’s DarkSide, something mysterious doth lurk
According to observations, some 90 percent of…
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How searching Earth’s mines could help Mars rovers find alien life
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Fluorescent nanoparticles: the super-powered cell mapper
In a surprising scientific crossover, nanoparticles designed for use in solar panels to harness the light of the Sun could be used to shine a…
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Underground Science: Exploring the Large Hadron Collider
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Sick plants, your drone doctor will see you now
If you want to stop plant disease in its tracks, it’s…
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How the neutron was discovered (or, how small stuff hit the big time)
Without both the neutron and…
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Walking the Planck: the weird world of the littlest measure
Can there be a distance too small to
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Oct 24, 2023
What is dark matter?
Explore the mystery of dark matter with our print-out-and-keep infographic guides…
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Oct 24, 2023
Dark matter: Everything you need to know (almost)
Dark matter makes up more than 26% of all the energy…
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Jul 27, 2023
Investigating the stickiest glue in the Universe
It turns out that even the Universe finds itself…
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