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solar system

Occator crater

Space

Dwarf planet Ceres may be home to an underground ocean

New analysis of data from the Dawn spacecraft suggests there may be a liquid water ocean beneath the Occator crater on Ceres, the largest asteroid in the solar system

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Map of the corona

Space

Maps of the sun’s corona could help us predict dangerous solar storms

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Anti-CRISPR concept

Definition

Anti-CRISPR

Red blood cells (erythrocytes) and white blood cells (leukocytes)

Definition

Blood

Perovskite solar cells

Technology

Changing how we make solar panels could reduce their carbon emissions

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anglerfish

Environment

Deep-sea anglerfish fuse bodies to mate thanks to an odd immune system

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solar flare

Space

We can now predict dangerous solar flares a day before they happen

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Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

Space

Elements from the universe’s earliest stars gave birth to our sun

Comment

Laser-sculpted aluminium purifies water with the power of sunlight

Technology

Laser-sculpted aluminium purifies water with the power of sunlight

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Dexamethasone

Definition

Dexamethasone

Dexamethasone is the first medicine shown to reduce deaths from covid-19. It belongs to a class of drugs called steroids, which damp down the immune system.

Technology

Two-sided solar panels that track the sun produce a third more energy

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Technology

Mega solar plant uses 170,000 mirrors to generate heat for electricity

Regulars

Space

We may have found 19 more interstellar asteroids in our solar system

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Space

Mysterious ‘Planet Nine’ on the solar system’s edge may not be real

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