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Alaskans and visitors may be able to see an artificial airglow in the sky created by the High-frequency Active Auroral Research Program during a four-day research campaign that starts Saturday.

Scientists from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, Cornell University, University of Colorado Denver, University of Florida and Georgia Institute of Technology will conduct a variety of experiments at the UAF-operated research site.

The experiments will focus on the ionosphere, the region of the atmosphere between about 30 and 350 miles above the Earth’s surface.

The resolution of a major discrepancy between theory and experiment for strontium atomic clocks could help improve the precision of these timekeepers.

A fluid phenomenon seen daily in kitchens has been found to exhibit unexpected behavior.

The low oscillation frequency of spin waves in chromium trichloride enables researchers to explore this antiferromagnet’s rich properties with standard laboratory equipment.

Nan Zhong says his hands-off parenting style helped his son, Stanley Zhong, become a high-achieving student and Google software engineer at age 18. Here’s why.

Tuberculosis can advance rapidly in young children, creating an “urgent situation” after hundreds were potentially exposed at a YMCA day-care facility.

Researchers at the Francis Crick Institute and Aalborg University in Copenhagen have shown that changes can be detected in blood tests up to eight years before a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease and up to three years before a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis.

This means the beginnings of inflammatory bowel diseases start a long time before symptoms occur, and in the future may provide an opportunity for doctors to take preventative action before symptoms begin, or prescribe medication when it will be most effective.

Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis are collectively known as inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). They are incurable conditions which involve excessive inflammation in the gut, leading to symptoms like abdominal pain and diarrhea. Early diagnosis and treatment are key to improving outcomes, but nearly a quarter of the 25,000 people diagnosed each year in the UK wait over a year.

The way we interact with technology will “completely change” before the decade is out, according to the billionaire Microsoft cofounder.

If recent warnings of a stalemate war between Ukraine and Russia come to fruition, along with the West’s absent resolution for Ukraine’s win, Russian President Vladimir Putin will benefit above all, writes Jade McGlynn.