Is Planetary Defense PI in the Sky?
In February of 2013, skywatchers around the world turned their attention toward asteroid 2012 DA14, a cosmic rock about 150 feet (50 meters) in diameter that was going...
Believe it or not, observing the Moon is something you can do no matter the weather, time of day, or location! We interpret “observe” very broadly. There are so many ways to celebrate and...
Artist’s illustration of hydrodynamical behavior from an interacting ensemble of quantum spin defects in diamond. Credit: Norman Yao/Berkeley Lab
Berkeley Lab-led research key to next-gen quantum computing and technologies.
In 1998, researchers including Mark Kubinec of...
This summer J.P. Morgan gave its customers access to cryptocurrency funds
The CEO of J.P. Morgan Chase & Co Jamie Dimon told a conference on Monday that cryptocurrencies would be regulated by governments and that...
Many of us happen to be looking for the wallet with the public transport card or ticket pennies, which are usually always at the bottom of the bag. While we are looking forward to...
In early 2021, the EU has set a target of 20,000 environmentally friendly vehicles by 2030
The shift to electric vehicles will affect not only car manufacturers but also trucks. They will also be forced...
The injected green algae (green) sit inside the blood vessels (magenta) like a string of pearls. Credit: Özugur et al./iScience
Photosynthesizing algae injected into the blood vessels of tadpoles supply oxygen to their brains.
Leading a...
Eroding cliff bluffs adjacent to Elson Lagoon near Utqiagvik, Alaska. Credit: Michael Rawlins
New research from UMass Amherst shines light on poorly understood processes of how carbon dissolved in Arctic rivers affects our world.
In a...
May be worth further exploring cannabinoids as potential cancer treatment, say researchers.
It may be worth exploring further the use of cannabidiol (‘CBD’) oil as a potential lung cancer treatment, suggest doctors in BMJ Case Reports...
Christina Wurst from the private research center Eurac Research, together with scientists from Italy and Switzerland, analyzed the woman's mitochondrial DNA and found her living relatives.
In 2018, researchers said they were able to identify...
In Turkey, an underwater park takes visitors to the wreckage of 14 British and French warships sunk in the Dardanelles during World War I. The site, located on the Gallipoli Peninsula in northwestern Turkey,...
Sunscreen that includes zinc oxide, a common ingredient, loses much of its effectiveness and becomes toxic after two hours of exposure to ultraviolet radiation, according to a collaboration that included Oregon State University scientists.
The...
An experiment to simulate living conditions on Mars will take place in the desert in southern Israel, France 24 reports. A group of six astronauts will spend a month in fake spacesuits, performing various...
A sophisticated wine-making facility, the largest of the Byzantine period ever discovered in the world, has been found by archaeologists near the town of Yavne, 24km from Tel Aviv, the Israeli Antiquities Service said....
Nick Bostrom, professor of philosophy and director of the Institute for the Future of Humanity at Oxford University, is trying to understand what the future holds for humanity. In the course of his research,...
Although sun radiation was relatively low, the temperature on the young Earth was warm. An international team of geoscientists has found important clues that high levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere were responsible...
Credit: Anna Zora
Researchers have captured on film the moment when a Seychelles giant tortoise, Aldabrachelys gigantea, attacked and ate a tern chick. This is the first documentation of deliberate hunting in any wild tortoise...
Snapchat's consumption rose by more than 20% after Facebook's services stopped working for six hours on Monday. It is also the biggest winner among competing applications during the worst crash for the American giant...
Flight into space is a very expensive event that requires long preparation. Therefore, space tourists are mostly rich people who can afford long tests, a thorough medical examination and the purchase of a spacecraft...
In the late stages of binary neutron star formation, the giant star expands and engulfs the neutron star companion in a stage referred to as common-envelope evolution (a). Ejection of the envelope leaves the...
Asst. Prof. Chong Liu’s lab is developing a new type of electrode that can extract valuable elements from seawater using a process called electrochemical intercalation. This method could present one of the most sustainable...
This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image features two interacting galaxies that are so intertwined, they have a collective name – Arp 91. Credit: ESA/Hubble & NASA, J. Dalcanton, Acknowledgement: J. Schmidt
NASA Images of the...
Researchers at MIT and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have developed a new way to determine whether an individual cancer patient will respond to a particular drug. Their method involves exposing cells to the drug and...
The Soyuz MS-18 crew ship relocates from the Rassvet module to the Nauka multipurpose laboratory module on September 28, 2021. Credit: NASA
The Expedition 65 crew focused on a variety of advanced housekeeping activities today...