Ozone 101: What Is the Ozone Hole? [Video]
Ozone 101 is the first in a series of explainer videos outlining the fundamentals of popular Earth science topics. Let’s back up to the basics…
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NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration Launch Scrubbed Because of Rocket Fuel Leak
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The US Biofuel Mandate Helps Farmers, but Harms the Environment
If you’ve pumped gas at a U.S. service station over the past decade, you’ve put biofuel in your tank. Thanks to the federal Renewable Fuel…
COVID Pandemic Depression Persists Among Older Adults
Research uses data from the Canadian Longitudinal Study on Aging (CLSA). The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the mental health of older…
Breakthrough for SHIELD Team Studying Our Solar System’s Protective Magnetic “Force Field”
Astrophysicists on BU’s NASA-funded SHIELD team reach another milestone on their quest to understand the heliosphere. A multi-institutional team of astrophysicists headquartered at Boston University,…
Color-Changing Magnifying Glass Gives Clear View of Invisible Infrared Light
By trapping light into tiny crevices of gold, researchers have coaxed molecules to convert invisible infrared into visible light, creating new low-cost detectors for sensing….
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NGC 6891 is a bright, asymmetrical planetary nebula in the constellation Delphinus, the Dolphin. This Hubble image reveals a wealth of structure, including a spherical…
Ghostly Boson Clouds Could Solve the Mystery of Dark Matter
The hunt for gravitational waves, ripples in space and time caused by major cosmic cataclysms, could help solve one of the Universe’s other burning mysteries…
Editorial Bias and Nepotism in Biomedical Journals Revealed by Massive Study
Scientific journals are expected to consider research manuscripts dispassionately and without favor. But in a study published on November 23rd, 2021, in the open access…