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...halt, the universe is destined to collapse, ultimately dissolving into a fireball--a Big Crunch that amounts to the Big Bang run in reverse. If it's not, and expansion wins out, then the universe will eventually grow unpleasantly dark and cold. Stars produce energy by fusing light atomic nuclei, mainly hydrogen and helium, into heavier ones. When the hydrogen and helium run low, old stars will sputter out without any new ones to take their place, and the universe will gradually fade to black. Such were the gloomy alternatives that Robert Frost wrote about after being briefed...
...damaged was part of Harvard's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance laboratory, which allow synthetic chemists to observe the behavior of nuclei within molecules. The lab is currently closed and expected to be re-open within a few days, according to Shaw Huang, managing director of the laboratory...