South Africa Science News API

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            "content": "A new study examines the motion of galaxy clusters separated by hundreds of millions of light-years to test how gravity weakens with distance and finds it behaves as expected, strengthening the case for dark matter.\nFor more than 300 years, Isaac New... [5956 chars]",
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            "content": "Newswise — RICHLAND, Wash.—Traditionally, biotechnology researchers have modified genes when engineering microbes for more robust and efficient production of biofuels and bioproducts. But researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) ar... [5257 chars]",
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            "description": "The tool isn't a one-step solution to the complex task of mission planning, but it will be a useful in evaluating the best trajectory for each mission, the researchers say.",
            "content": "As humanity seeks to expand its presence at and around the Moon, researchers have been hard at work fine-tuning small details that could make or break a lunar mission. One team says it has mathematically mapped out the most fuel-efficient route to th... [3543 chars]",
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