How NASA & Scientists Around the World Track the Solar Cycle
Understanding the Sun’s behavior is an important part of life in our solar system. Scientists use several indicators to track solar cycle progress. Credit: NASA’s…
Extraordinary Fires Char the Pantanal, a Vast Floodplain in South America
The Pantanal, a vast floodplain in South America, is among the largest wetlands in the world. The mosaic of grasslands, shrublands, forests, marshes, and lakes…
Physicists Break 150-Year-Old Rule for Phase Behavior – Something Many Considered Impossible
Eindhoven University of Technology researchers found five different phases in mixtures of two substances. Frozen water can take on up to three forms at the…
Massive Hunt for Extraterrestrial Life Completed: What Astronomers Found in Search of 10 Million Star Systems for Alien Technology
A radio telescope in outback Western Australia has completed the deepest and broadest search at low frequencies for alien technologies, scanning a patch of sky…
Faster-Acting, Longer-Lasting COVID-19 Disinfectant Under Development
The disinfectant spray will use UCF-developed cerium oxide nanoparticles that have been shown to have a wide range of therapeutic properties. Current disinfectant products for…
Closing In on Source of Fast Radio Bursts: VLBA Makes First Direct Distance Measurement to Magnetar
Astronomers using the National Science Foundation’s Very Long Baseline Array (VLBA) have made the first direct geometric measurement of the distance to a magnetar within…
Dutch Students Develop a “Living Coffin”
The Delft University of Technology student start-up Loop has developed a living coffin made from mycelium. The Living Cocoon helps the body to ‘compost’ more…
Innovative New Method Developed to Detect Colliding Supermassive Black Holes
A new study has developed an innovative method to detect colliding supermassive black holes in our Universe. The study has just been published in the Astrophysical…
Physicists “Trick” Photons Into Behaving Like Electrons Using Artificial Magnetic Fields
Scientists have discovered an elegant way of manipulating light using a “synthetic” Lorentz force — which in nature is responsible for many fascinating phenomena including…
Countdown to Mars: A Story of Perseverance (Mars 2020 Rover Behind the Scenes Video)
“When you look at the team that put this robot together, and the team that put this launch vehicle together, that’s what they’ve done. They’ve…
Scientists Discover Why We Need Sleep – “Important Work Is Being Done”
In very early life, sleep helps build the brain’s infrastructure, but it then takes on an entirely new decluttering role. Prolonged sleep deprivation can lead…
Ultra-Fast Magnetic Switching Could Transform Fiber Optic Communications & Expand the Capacity of the Internet
Researchers at CRANN and Trinity’s School of Physics have discovered that a new material can act as a super-fast magnetic switch. When struck by successive…
Improved Solar Storm Forecasts for Earth With Help From the Public
New CME forecasting method shows value of including imaging cameras on future NASA missions. Solar storm analysis carried out by an army of citizen scientists…
Earth From Space: Awe-Inspiring Vatnajökull, Iceland [Video]
The Copernicus Sentinel-2 mission takes us over the Vatnajökull ice cap, in southeast Iceland, in this summery image captured on July 6, 2019. Covering an…
Unlocking the Mysteries of Brain Chemistry With New Dopamine Sensors
Researchers develop a wider spectrum for dLight1 sensor, allowing multiplex imaging of neurotransmitters. In 2018, Lin Tian and her team at UC Davis Health developed dLight1, a…
Revolutionary Quantum Cryptography Breakthrough Paves Way for Safer Online Communication
The world is one step closer to having a totally secure internet and an answer to the growing threat of cyber-attacks, thanks to a team…
Rare Dragon DNA: Sequencing the Genome of an Ancient Reptile
New Zealand is home to an astonishingly rich web of life, with many indigenous plant and animal species found nowhere else on Earth. Even amid…
A Meeting of Black Carbon Smoke and Tropical Storms
As large fires on the U.S. West Coast lofted vast plumes of smoke high into the atmosphere in September 2020, satellites and models tracked the…