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This Common Nutrient Could Be the Key to Faster Wound Healing - SciTechDaily
science 2026/02/07 19:22:14

This Common Nutrient Could Be the Key to Faster Wound Healing - SciTechDaily

When nutrients run low, hair follicle stem cells can stop making hair and help repair the skin instead. A drop in the amino acid serine triggers this switch, accelerating wound healing.

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A giant star is changing before our eyes and astronomers are watching in real time - Phys.org
science 2026/02/07 19:10:01

A giant star is changing before our eyes and astronomers are watching in real time - Phys.org

For decades, astronomers have been watching WOH G64, an enormous heavyweight star in the Large Magellanic Cloud, a galaxy visible with the naked eye from the Southern Hemisphere. This star is more than 1,500 times larger than the sun and emitting over 100,000…

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NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth - Futurism
science 2026/02/07 18:30:00

NASA Telescope Discovers Nearby Planet With Deep Similarities to Earth - Futurism

A new candidate exoplanet appears to almost uncanny similarities to Earth — but may differ in at least one major way.

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Webb unveils nature of distant ultraviolet-luminous galaxy CEERS2-588 - Phys.org
science 2026/02/07 16:50:01

Webb unveils nature of distant ultraviolet-luminous galaxy CEERS2-588 - Phys.org

Astronomers from the University of Tokyo in Japan and elsewhere have employed the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) to observe a distant ultraviolet-luminous galaxy known as CEERS2-588. Results of the observational campaign, published January 29 on the arXiv …

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22% of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a fight – Here’s how humans actually stack up against the world’s 10 strongest primates - BBC Wildlife Magazine
science 2026/02/07 16:45:00

22% of US men believe they could beat a chimpanzee in a fight – Here’s how humans actually stack up against the world’s 10 strongest primates - BBC Wildlife Magazine

Discover the strongest primates on the planet…

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Something supercharged Uranus when Voyager 2 flew past - ScienceDaily
science 2026/02/07 16:43:26

Something supercharged Uranus when Voyager 2 flew past - ScienceDaily

Voyager 2’s flyby of Uranus in 1986 recorded radiation levels so extreme they baffled scientists for nearly 40 years. New research suggests the spacecraft caught Uranus during a rare solar wind event that flooded the planet’s radiation belts with extra energy…

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