Quantum Communication in Space Advances
Keeping information secure in today’s interconnected world is becoming ever more important, so ESA is supporting efforts to ensure that future communications are kept confidential….
NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory: Creating Robots to Go Where Humans Can’t
JPL is the lead NASA center for robotic exploration, which means we send robots, not humans, into space. NASA has plans in the works to…
MIT: Experiential Learning Through Entrepreneurship
For Gabrielle Finear, a senior studying computer science, working on two startup ideas in MIT Sandbox provided hands-on learning to complement her coursework. As senior…
A Glowing New Weapon in the Fight Against Antibiotic-Resistant Bacteria
In the perpetual arms races between bacteria and human-made antibiotics, there is a new tool to give human medicine the edge, in part by revealing…
Bowl-Shaped Nanoparticles Help Untangle Alzheimer’s Disease Amyloid Beta Plaques
New research shows that the protein that causes Alzheimer’s Disease’s hallmark brain plaques clings to certain bowl-shaped nanoparticles, allowing researchers to better understand the disease…
June Skywatching Tips: Solar Eclipse and the Scorpion’s Sting
A partial solar eclipse, the scorpion’s sting, and June is for Juno! June 13: For the Washington, D.C. area, and similar latitudes, the earliest sunrise…
New Discovery Helps Explain How COVID-19 Overpowers the Immune System
Discovery of unique virus traits offer possible explanations as to why older adults and people with diabetes or heart disease can have more severe responses…
“The Robot Made Me Do It” – Robots Can Encourage Risk-Taking Behavior in People
New research has shown robots can encourage humans to take greater risks in a simulated gambling scenario than they would if there was nothing to…
Strange Sea Creature Found in Oceans Around the World May Improve Health of Marine Ecosystems
Florida State University researchers have more insight into a strange sea creature found in oceans around the world and what their presence means for the…
Innovation Pioneers Score World First for Sustainable Construction With “Game-Changing” Graphene-Enhanced Concrete
First commercial pour of engineered graphene concrete takes place in UK using Manchester technology. A joint venture between graphene specialists at The University of Manchester…
Natural Painkiller: New Research Advances the Treatment of Chronic Pain
LIH and RTI International put forward the mode of action of natural painkiller conolidine, and develop new molecule with enhanced pharmacological properties. Building on their…
Gravitational Wave Search No Hum Drum Hunt – “Map to the Potential El Dorado of Gravitational Waves”
Scientists refine the search for enigmatic continuous gravitational waves. The hunt for the never before heard “hum” of gravitational waves caused by mysterious neutron stars…
Quantum Computing and Sensing: Engineers Demonstrate a Quantum Advantage
Researchers in the University of Arizona College of Engineering and James C. Wyant College of Optical Sciences experimentally demonstrate how quantum resources aren’t just dreams…
Pfizer-BioNTech COVID Vaccine Recipients Have Lower Antibody Levels Targeting the India (Delta / B.1.617.2) Variant
Levels of antibodies in the blood of vaccinated people that are able to recognize and fight the new SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant first discovered in India…
ICARUS Gets Ready to Fly – Officially Starts Its Hunt for Elusive Sterile Neutrinos This Fall
The ICARUS detector, part of Fermilab’s Short-Baseline Neutrino Program, will officially start its hunt for elusive sterile neutrinos this fall. The international collaboration led by…
Entire Genome From Peştera Muierii 1 Sequenced – 35,000 Year-Old Romanian Skull
For the first time, researchers have successfully sequenced the entire genome from the skull of Peştera Muierii 1, a woman who lived in today’s Romania…
Spacetime Crystals: New Mathematical Formula May Solve Old Problem in Understanding the Fabric of the Universe
A Penn State scientist studying crystal structures has developed a new mathematical formula that may solve a decades-old problem in understanding spacetime, the fabric of…
Could a Simple Pill Beat COVID-19? Pfizer May Have a “Cure” by the End of the Year
While the focus has been largely on vaccines, you might have also heard Pfizer is trialing a pill to treat COVID-19. It almost sounds too good…