Crystal Critters: Get Salt Out of Water by Making It Grow “Legs” and Self-Eject
Crystallizing salts can grow “legs,” then tip over and fall away, potentially helping to prevent fouling of metal surfaces, researchers find. About a quarter of…
Crystallizing salts can grow “legs,” then tip over and fall away, potentially helping to prevent fouling of metal surfaces, researchers find. About a quarter of…
One subnetwork constructs imagined scenarios, while the other evaluates them. Two components of imagination — constructing and evaluating imagined scenarios — rely on separate subnetworks…
The first-ever discovery of an extraterrestrial radioactive isotope on Earth has scientists rethinking the origins of the elements on our planet. The tiny traces of plutonium-244…
Washington State University researchers have developed an innovative way to convert plastics to ingredients for jet fuel and other valuable products, making it easier and…
A black hole permanently scrambles information that can’t be recovered with any quantum machine learning algorithm, shedding new light on the classic Hayden-Preskill thought experiment….
Have you ever worn a dark T-shirt on a sunny day and felt the fabric warm in the Sun’s rays? Most of us know dark…
Doctors often recommend Omega-3s to help patients lower their cholesterol and improve heart health. Those Omega-3s can come from fatty fish like salmon and mackerel,…
Upcoming Solar System exploration missions will search for extraterrestrial (ET) life, but ET life may not be like Earth life; a new mass spectrometry analysis…
Researchers detected non-negligible interactions between technologically intriguing 2D materials and the substrates that physically support them. Atomically thin layers are of great technological interest because…
MAROON-X instrument built by University of Chicago team measures its first planet. In the past two decades, scientists have discovered more and more planets orbiting…
A study published in the scientific journal Addiction today (May 17, 2021) provides the most comprehensive evidence to date of the association between recreational cannabis…
Study tests viability of 100-year-old patented device by inventor. A valve invented by engineer Nikola Tesla a century ago is not only more functional than…
Scientists have proposed the first steps towards a united global plan to save our oceans, for the sake of human health. An interdisciplinary European collaboration…
A highly efficient way to collect infrared microscopy data avoids the use of slow, grid-based raster scans. Question: What do a roundworm, a Sharpie pen,…
In response to pathogens and vaccines, our immune system relies on dendritic cells. These white blood cells patrol the body’s tissues, collect components of pathogens…
This packed ESA/Hubble Picture of the Week showcases the galaxy cluster ACO S 295, as well as a jostling crowd of background galaxies and foreground…
Boys born weighing less than a kilogram are miracles, but they do not age as well as the girls, according to new research from McMaster…
How hospitable are red dwarf stars, the most common and long-lasting stars in our Galaxy? Researchers used Chandra and Hubble data to look at the…