Downsides of Becoming an Adult: Growing Less Active and Gaining Weight
Leaving school and getting a job both lead to a drop in the amount of physical activity, while becoming a mother is linked to increased…
The James Webb Space Telescope Is the Largest, Most Powerful Space Telescope Ever Built [Video]
The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful and most technologically challenging space telescope ever built. The Webb Telescope is so large; it…
Astronomers Discover the Best Places to Look for “Genesis II” and Intelligent Alien Life
Orange Dwarf Stars Most Likely to Host Planets To date astronomers have discovered over 4,000 planets orbiting other stars. Statistically, there should be over 100…
Chemical Bond Making & Breaking Recorded in Action – 500,000x Smaller Than the Width of a Human Hair
Ever since it was proposed that atoms are building blocks of the world, scientists have been trying to understand how and why they bond to…
One-of-a-Kind Dinosaur Specimen Discovered in China Offers View Into Dinosaur-Bird Evolution
San Diego Natural History Museum paleontologist describes a dinosaur that is new to science, shows dinosaurs grew up differently from birds. A new species of…
Scientific Mystery About Evaporation Solved After 20 Years of Conflicting Findings
Work has implications for power generation, desalination, electronics. Evaporation can explain why water levels drop in a full swimming pool, but it also plays an…
Pancake-Shaped Structures in Hummingbird Feathers Produce Their Iridescent Rainbow Colors
Hummingbirds are some of the most brightly-colored things in the entire world. Their feathers are iridescent—light bounces off them like a soap bubble, resulting in…
New Quantum Detector Measures the Tiniest Energies in Superconducting Circuits
A new device measures the tiniest energies in superconducting circuits, an essential step for quantum technology. Quantum physics is moving out of the laboratory and…
Discovery Regarding Arctic Sea Ice and Permafrost Has Significant Implications for the Future
Sea-Ice-Free Arctic Makes Permafrost Vulnerable to Thawing Permafrost is ground that remains frozen throughout the year; it covers nearly a quarter of Northern Hemisphere land….
Surprisingly, Molecules Move Faster on Rough Terrain
Roughness, the presence of irregularities on a surface, is commonly associated to slower motion and stickiness. This is true at different length scales: at human…
One Factor Causing Test Anxiety, Loneliness and Reduced Motivation to Study in University Students
Internet Use Reduces Study Skills in University Students Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital…
H0LiCOW! Cosmic Magnifying Glasses Yield Independent Measure of Universe’s Expansion That Adds to Troubling Discrepancy
New Hubble Measurement Strengthens Discrepancy in Universe’s Expansion Rate People use the phrase “Holy Cow” to express excitement. Playing with that phrase, researchers from an…
Light Powers World’s Fastest-Spinning Object to 300 Billion Revolutions per Minute
Nanoparticle levitated by light rotates at 300 billion rpm A dumbbell-shaped nanoparticle powered just by the force and torque of light has become the world’s…
Mass Extinction That Killed the Dinosaurs Was All About the Asteroid – Not Volcanoes
Volcanic activity did not play a direct role in the mass extinction event that killed the dinosaurs, according to an international, Yale-led team of researchers….
Incredible Material Is Both Heat-Insulating and Heat-Conducting at the Same Time
Styrofoam or copper – both materials have very different properties with regard to their ability to conduct heat. Scientists at the Max Planck Institute for…
NASA Snow-Chasers Set to Fly Into Winter Storms to Study the Inner Workings [Video]
When giant white swirls of clouds cover the weather map with a winter storm warning, one question looms in the minds of people in its…
Using an Engineered Nanomaterial and Sunlight to Decontaminate Pesticide-Polluted Water
Two Teams of INRS Join Forces and Develop a New Ecological Process to Degrade Atrazine Atrazine is one of the most widely used pesticides in…
New Membrane Technology Improves Water Purification and Battery Energy Storage
Imperial College London scientists have created a new type of membrane that could improve water purification and battery energy storage efforts. The new approach to…