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Moment the coronavirus infects a healthy cell is captured for the first time

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Moment the coronavirus infects a healthy cell is captured for the first time using a microscope that can magnify objects up to two million times Researchers in Brazil used a powerful electron microscope to capture the image The first image shows the virus as it is about to infect the healthy cell samples Images were … Read more

Incredible image of high-energy jets spurting out of a supermassive black hole captured

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An amazing image of high-energy jets of plasma produced by a supermassive black hole has been captured for the first time. Researchers from the Event Horizon Telescope say the jets, spotted in galaxy M 87, were being launched from the giant black hole at 99.5 per cent of light speed.   The black hole that launched … Read more

Vodka producer make the drink from captured carbon dioxide

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A vodka made from captured carbon dioxide has been created by a new company and could make it profitable to capture greenhouse gases. Brooklyn based Air Co was a finalist for the Carbon XPrize, designed to create a profitable way to capture and reuse greenhouse gases. The company was founded by a chemical physicist and … Read more

‘Ndrangheta boss captured after coronavirus quarantined streets enabled police to spot his hideout

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December’s operation targeted the ‘Ndrangheta families based in the southern Italian city of Locri in the Calabria region – the rural, mountainous and under-developed ‘toe’ of Italy’s boot and the heartland of the worldwide crime group.    Despite intense police attention and frequent arrests, the ‘Ndrangheta – which derives its meaning from the Greek word for … Read more

Spectacular pictures of the ‘worm’  supermoon captured lighting up night skies

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Spectacular pictures show the ‘worm’ supermoon lighting up night skies around the world and it will only get brighter as it reaches its peak TONIGHT The full point of brightness for the March supermoon will be at 5:48pm GMT on March 9 in the evening Supermoon events mark the point when the moon appears bigger … Read more

These snaps captured at JUST the right moment will certainly make you look twice

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Talk about perfect timing! Street photographer who specialises in capturing snaps at exactly the right moment is master of the optical illusion These perfectly timed pictures capture people in hilarious optical illusions  The snaps were taken by photographer Anthimos Ntagkas, from Athens, Greece  They include a bizarre snap that captures a dog who appears to have … Read more