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- 1New account says Rosalind Franklin did recognize DNA's helix▼How did Rosalind Franklin miss the helix in her iconic DNA image? She didn't
Rosalind Franklin, whose X-ray image of DNA was crucial to discovering its double-helix structure, has long been said to have failed to grasp the helix herself. A new analysis argues this is a myth: Franklin did recognize and correctly interpret the helical structure in her data. The finding adds to ongoing reassessments of her under-credited role in one of science's most famous discoveries, for which James Watson and Francis Crick received the Nobel Prize.
- 2Solar Orbiter traces origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks●Solar Orbiter tracks origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks
The European Space Agency's Solar Orbiter mission has tracked the origin of mysterious magnetic switchbacks, sudden kinks in the solar wind's magnetic field that have puzzled scientists for decades. The findings offer new insight into how the Sun's magnetic field behaves as charged particles stream out into the solar system, with the results drawing attention across space science coverage.
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Brine shrimp, sold as novelty pets under the name Sea Monkeys, are helping physicists revise a long-standing rule of turbulence. Their collective swimming churns water in ways that defy classical predictions, suggesting active organisms can reshape how energy moves through fluids. The findings from Quanta Magazine's report are drawing attention from physics and biology readers alike.