Bio-Inspired “Antifreeze” Formula Provides More Durable Concrete
Concrete is one of the most abundant and durable building materials used in modern-day infrastructures, but it has a weakness–ice–which can cause it to crumble…
SSRI Antidepressants Associated With Increase in Violent Crime in Some People
Stockholm, Sweden: Scientists have found that some people being treated with selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) have a greater tendency to commit violent crime. In…
New Research Reveals Cannabis on Iron Age Altars at the Judahite Shrine of Biblical Arad
Analysis of the material on two Iron Age altars discovered at the entrance to the “holy of holies” of a shrine at Tel Arad in…
Climate Could Cause Abrupt British Vegetation Changes According to High Resolution Study
Climate change could cause abrupt shifts in the amount of vegetation growing in parts of Great Britain, new research shows. The University of Exeter studied…
Wearing Face Masks at Home 79% Effective at Curbing COVID-19 Transmission to Family Members Before Symptoms Emerge
Wearing Face Masks at Home Might Help Ward Off COVID-19 Spread Among Family Members Wearing face masks at home might help ward off the spread…
Multinational Consortium Reports “Encouraging News” for Some Cancer Patients With COVID-19
People with cancer sickened by COVID-19 have a crude death rate of 13%, according to the largest series of data released thus far from a…
Chaos Helps Achieve Broadest Microcomb Spectral Span on Record
With greater freedom to design photonic devices, researchers can accelerate optics and photonics research. Xu Yi, assistant professor of electrical and computer engineering at the…
New ‘Whirling’ State of Matter Discovered: Self-Induced Spin Glass
The strongest permanent magnets today contain a mix of the elements neodymium and iron. However, neodymium on its own does not behave like any known…
Active Galactic Nuclei Core Ignition Triggered by Galaxy Mergers
Active galactic nuclei (AGNs) play a major role in galaxy evolution. Astronomers from the University of Groningen and Netherlands Institute for Space Research have now…
Sea Snakes Have Been Modifying Genetically to See Underwater for 15 Million Years
Sea snakes first entered the marine environment 15 million years ago and have been evolving ever since to survive in its changing light conditions, according…
Meet SHERLOC – The Detective Aboard NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover
An instrument called SHERLOC will, with the help of its partner WATSON, hunt for signs of ancient life by detecting organic molecules and minerals. Mars…
Researchers Create Bionic Jellyfish That Swim Faster and More Efficiently
Researchers at Caltech and Stanford use microelectronics to enhance jellyfish swimming. Engineers at Caltech and Stanford University have developed a tiny prosthetic that enables jellyfish…
Jupiter’s Plant-Sized Moons – Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto – Are Fascinating Worlds of Their Own
Four hundred years ago, the astronomer Galileo Galilei announced his discovery of four moons orbiting around the planet Jupiter, each seen as a distinct white…
COVID-19: Domestic Violence Up, Traffic Stops and Burglaries Down
Study Shows Domestic Violence Reports on the Rise As COVID-19 Keeps People at Home UCLA-led analysis of calls to police in LA, Indianapolis also shows…
‘Bee’ Thankful for the Evolution of Pollen – Discovery Made With Highly Detailed Electron Scanning Microscope
University of Missouri researchers discover wildflower’s spiny pollen adapts to help plants reproduce. Have pollen. Must travel. Over 80% of the world’s flowering plants must…
Tiny Three-Dimensional Chessboards Could Lead to “Paper Electronics”
Researchers at Osaka University develop liquid-phase 3D-patterning to create nanocellulose films aligned along multiple axes within the same sheet. This work may lead to ever…
Cosmic Search Continues for Supermassive Black Hole Collisions
A new study led by postdoctoral researcher Xingjiang Zhu from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Gravitational Wave Discovery (OzGrav), at Monash University, developed a…
Third European Service Module for Artemis Mission to Land Astronauts on the Moon
It’s official: when astronauts land on the Moon in 2024 they will get there with help from the European Service Module. The European Space Agency…