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The scientists just made a discovery that could represent a giant leap for human space endeavours: melanin can protect plants from harmful radiation. “The work was published in ‘Scientific ...

But war was a scenario its engineers never envisioned. A Ukrainian air defense unit illuminating a hole in the steel shield at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant last month. The fire started by the ...

An 1870 watercolor of Agaricus rubescens Fr., by Mary Elizabeth Banning, a self-taught mycologist who studied fungi in her home state of Maryland for four decades.Credit...New York State Museum ...

The State Emergency Service of Ukraine has said that work to tackle the smouldering fires in the insulation layers of Chernobyl's giant shelter has been completed, three weeks after it was struck by a ...

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Skin lightening treatments can remove existing melanin deposits. Examples include laser therapy, intense pulsed light (IPL) treatment, and certain topical creams and ointments. Methods to lower ...

More than 400 people have been working in shifts since the damage was caused to the giant shelter structure covering the area of Chernobyl's unit 4. International Atomic Energy Agency experts report ...