Testing Proves Its Worth With Successful Mars Perseverance Parachute Deployment
The giant canopy that helped land Perseverance on Mars was tested here on Earth at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. Test. Test again. Test…
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Quantum Tunneling in Graphene Advances the Age of High Speed Terahertz Wireless Communications
Single Dose of Pfizer RNA Vaccine Acts As “Booster” in Those With Prior COVID-19 Infection
Ethiopia’s Forest in the Clouds: Unusual Plants and Wildlife Live in the Harenna Forest
A range of unusual plants and wildlife lives in the Harenna Forest, but they face pressure from development. There are few places in Ethiopia—or the…
Luck Played a Major Role in Keeping Earth Fit for Life
A study by the University of Southampton gives a new perspective on why our planet has managed to stay habitable for billions of years –…
Measuring the Expansion of the Universe: Surprising Discrepancies Hint at Inconsistency in the Composition of the Universe
Ever since the astronomer Edwin Hubble demonstrated that the further apart two galaxies are, the faster they move away from each other, researchers have measured…
New Catalyst Promises Lighter, Cheaper, Higher-Capacity, Next-Generation Rechargeable Batteries
Novel Catalyst Material Could Enable Better Lithium-Sulfur Batteries, Power Next-Gen Electronics At the heart of most electronics today are rechargeable lithium-ion batteries (LIBs). But their…
Turning New Discoveries About the Trillions of Microbes in Our Bodies Into Treatments for a Range of Diseases
A diverse group of researchers is working to turn new discoveries about the trillions of microbes in the body into treatments for a range of…
Star’s Destruction by Supermassive Black Hole Linked to Origin of Universe’s Highest-Energy Particles
A team of scientists has detected the presence of a high-energy neutrino—a particularly elusive particle—in the wake of a star’s destruction as it is consumed…
New Data on COVID-19 Patients With Diabetes: 20% Die Within 28 Days of Hospital Admission
Updated results from the CORONADO study, analyzing the outcomes of patients with diabetes admitted to hospital with COVID-19, shows that one in five patients die…
MIT Neuroscientists Identify Brain Circuit in the Hippocampus That Encodes Timing of Events
Findings suggest this hippocampal circuit helps us to maintain our timeline of memories. When we experience a new event, our brain records a memory of…
Using Vibrating Molecules to Investigate the Wave Properties of Matter
Almost 100 years ago, a revolutionary discovery was made in the field of physics: microscopic matter exhibits wave properties. Over the decades, more and more…