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Chinese scientists have pushed solid-state vacuum ultraviolet laser technology to a new milestone by ...

UCLA researchers have developed a mineral sunscreen formulation that significantly reduces the white, chalky cast that keeps ...

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Just as avalanches on snowy mountains start with the movement of a small quantity of snow, the ESA-led Solar Orbiter ...

Natural UV-protective compounds from algae are revealing unexpected biological activities. Scientists have found that certain natural compounds produced by algae and cyanobacteria may offer benefits ...

Engineers at UNSW Sydney have developed a way to monitor solar cells at a microscopic level while they are operating to discover exactly how damage caused by ultraviolet light can be naturally ...

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Solar Orbiter has captured the clearest evidence yet that a solar flare grows through a cascading “magnetic avalanche.” Small, weak magnetic disturbances rapidly multiplied, triggering stronger and ...