Concrete World: Engineers To Improve Reinforced Steel To Contain High-Level Nuclear Waste
Metals embedded in concrete can erode, rust, and weaken until the concrete splits and the structure it supports falls. Such corrosion is believed to be…
Metals embedded in concrete can erode, rust, and weaken until the concrete splits and the structure it supports falls. Such corrosion is believed to be…
Scientists share analysis of first fresh samples from the moon in more than 40 years. A lunar probe launched by the Chinese space agency recently…
Is Mars habitable? Could ancient life once have existed on the Red Planet? Is there potential for life today deep beneath the Martian crust? Ell…
The southern coasts of this Chinese island are lined with tropical beaches, while the inner bays are lined with floating fishing villages. Situated in the…
Low concentrations of terbium could be identified from acid mine drainage and other waste sources. A new luminescent sensor can detect terbium, a valuable rare…
How many lines can be pairwise separated by the same angle in high dimensions? Geometry breakthrough gives new insights into spectral graph theory. Equiangular lines…
A new report that could make it simpler to send spacecraft to some areas of Mars while still protecting the planet from Earth-based contamination was…
Galaxy Cluster’s Gravity Produces Mirror Images of Distant Galaxy Behind It Gazing into the universe is like looking into a funhouse mirror. That’s because gravity…
Strong Sunlight Powers Passive Cooling Device A simple cooling system driven by the capture of passive solar energy could provide low-cost food refrigeration and living…
Satellite imagers can make oil spills easier to detect in open water. When oil leaks or spills into the ocean, the water surface changes. That…
The weird and wonderful genome of dinoflagellates looks nothing like other eukaryotic genomes. The genome of single-celled plankton, known as dinoflagellates, is organized in an…
Earth sails the solar system in a ship of its own making: the magnetosphere, the magnetic field that envelops and protects our planet. The celestial…
The new devices, custom made to fit individuals, could mean massive improvements in the monitoring and treatment of diseases, the testing of new drugs, and…
In a rare non-magnetic kagome material, a topological metal cools into a superconductor through a sequence of novel charge density waves. Researchers have discovered a…
This is the second part of a story about fires in California. Read part 1 here. Accumulating fuels and rising populations are contributing to California’s…
Molecules move within elongated protrusions to help stabilize migrating cells inside the bloodstream. An innovative experiment design shows, in real time and at the scale…
Researchers in Japan have developed a vaccination strategy in mice that promotes the production of antibodies that can neutralize not only SARS-CoV-2 but a broad…
Whether consuming cocoa, known to be packed with powerful antioxidants that protect our cells from damage, helps us age better, is a question scientists want…