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Solid Phase Peptide Synthesis, Solid Phase

The basic concept in solid phase peptide synthesis is the step-wise construction of a polypeptide chain attached to an insoluble polymeric support.
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Could a multiverse be hospitable to life?

A multiverse — where our universe is only one of many — might not be as inhospitable to life as previously thought, according to new research.
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Physicists propose new theories of black holes from the very early universe

‘Primordial black holes,’ believed to have formed shortly after the Big Bang, might explain how gold, platinum and uranium are created
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Galaxy 5 Billion Light-Years Away Shows We Live in a Magnetic Universe

Gravitational lens provides key opportunity A chance combination of a gravitational lens and polarized waves coming from a distant quasar gave astronomers the tool needed to make a measurement importa
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Explosive birth of stars swells galactic cores

ALMA spots transforming disk galaxies Astronomers found that active star formation upswells galaxies, like yeast helps bread rise. Using three powerful telescopes on the ground and in orbit, they obse
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New supernova analysis reframes dark energy debate

The accelerating expansion of the Universe may not be real, but could just be an apparent effect, according to new research. The new study finds the fit of Type Ia supernovae to a model universe with
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Improved Hubble yardstick gives fresh evidence for new physics in the universe

Astronomers have used NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope to make the most precise measurements of the expansion rate of the universe since it was first calculated nearly a century ago. Intriguingly,
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The strange structures of the Saturn nebula

The spectacular planetary nebula NGC 7009, or the Saturn Nebula, emerges from the darkness like a series of oddly-shaped bubbles, lit up in glorious pinks and blues. This colourful image was captured
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Duo of titanic galaxies captured in extreme starbursting merger

Pair of exceptionally rare hyper-luminous galaxies discovered with ALMA Astronomers have uncovered the never-before-seen close encounter between two astoundingly bright and spectacularly massive galax
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How Earth stops high-energy neutrinos in their tracks

For the first time, a science experiment has measured Earth’s ability to absorb neutrinos — the smaller-than-an-atom particles that zoom throughout space and through us by the trillions
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Why is massive star formation quenched in galaxy centers?

Study points to the role of the magnetic field as responsible for decelerating the formation of massive stars in the center of galaxies A new study proposes that one of the reasons that slows down the
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MUSE probes uncharted depths of Hubble Ultra Deep Field

Deepest ever spectroscopic survey completed Astronomers using the MUSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope in Chile have conducted the deepest spectroscopic survey ever. They focused on th