Secrets of the Past Unlocked With Accurate New International Carbon Dating Standard
Radiocarbon dating is set to become more accurate than ever after an international team of scientists improved the technique for assessing the age of historical…
Astronomers Peer 12 Billion Years Back in Time – Surprised to Find a Milky Way Look-Alike
Galaxy is distorted, appearing as a ring of light in the sky. Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), in which the European Southern…
Experimental COVID-19 Vaccine – Made From a Genetically Modified Virus – Prevents Severe Disease
Vaccine prevents pneumonia, elicits high levels of protective antibodies in mice. An experimental vaccine is effective at preventing pneumonia in mice infected with the COVID-19…
NASA’s TESS – The Space Agency’s “Planet Hunter” – Completes Its Primary Mission With “Roaring Success”
On July 4, NASA’s Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite (TESS) finished its primary mission, imaging about 75% of the starry sky as part of a two-year-long…
Mauritius Oil Spill Spotted From Space – Island Has Declared a “State of Environmental Emergency”
The island of Mauritius has declared a ‘state of environmental emergency’ after a grounded vessel began leaking tonnes of oil into the Indian Ocean. Satellite…
Stack and Twist: Physicists Accelerate the Hunt for Revolutionary New Materials
Bath scientists take an important step towards understanding the interaction between layers of atomically thin materials arranged in stacks. Scientists at the University of Bath…
Terror Crocodiles With “Teeth the Size of Bananas” Preyed on Even the Very Largest Dinosaurs
A new study, revisiting fossil specimens from the enormous crocodylian, Deinosuchus, has confirmed that the beast had teeth “the size of bananas,” capable to take…
Monoclonal Antibodies to Prevent COVID-19: Phase 3 Clinical Trials Now Enrolling
Two Phase 3, randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind clinical trials testing whether experimental monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) can prevent infection by SARS-CoV-2 coronavirus are now enrolling healthy adults…
Perseids Peak Tonight: NASA Viewing Tips to Watch Best Meteor Shower of the Year
The Perseid meteor shower is here! With Comet NEOWISE making its way out of the solar system, it is time for a celestial show caused…
Unusual New Species of Dinosaur Discovered – “We Were Struck by Just How Hollow This Animal Was”
Scientists in Southampton believe four bones recently found on the Isle of Wight belong to a new species of theropod dinosaur. A new study by…
Evolutionary Investigation Across Species Reveals Primate Voice Boxes Are Evolving at Rapid Pace
Study is largest ever investigation into evolution of larynges across species. Scientists have discovered that the larynx, or voice box, of primates is significantly larger…
Mystery Solved: NASA’s Dawn Spacecraft Close-Up of Ceres Reveals Origin of Mysterious Bright Regions on Dwarf Planet
Data from NASA’s recent Dawn mission answers two long-unresolved questions: Is there liquid inside Ceres, and how long ago was the dwarf planet geologically active?…
Researchers Create COVID-19 Mask Filtration Effectiveness Hierarchy – Dozens of Types of New, Used, and Expired Masks Tested
Published in JAMA Internal Medicine, research conducted at an EPA facility on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus shows that expired and sterilized used N95 masks are…
Immune-System Paralyzed in Severe COVID-19 Cases
Some people get really sick from COVID-19, and others don’t. Nobody knows why. Now, a study by investigators at the Stanford University of Medicine and…
Advance in Programmable Synthetic Materials: Artificial Molecules Could Power Future Computers
Reading sequence of metal atoms in MOFs allows encoding of multiple chemical functions. Artificial molecules could one day form the information unit of a new…
Generic BCG Vaccine Could Be Effective Against COVID-19
BCG vaccine is safe and does not lead to an increased risk of COVID-19 symptoms. More studies need to confirm whether this generic vaccine could…
NASA Scientists Map Beirut Blast Damage – Devastating Explosion Rocked Port Area
On August 4, 2020, a devastating explosion rocked the port area around Beirut, Lebanon. After the event, scientists used satellite radar imagery to map the…
How Airplanes Counteract Luminous Plasma Phenomenon, St. Elmo’s Fire, During Thunderstorms
On the ground, windy conditions strengthen these electrical flashes, but new experiments tell a different story for flying objects. At the height of a thunderstorm,…