Mystery of the Origins of the Earth’s Water: Sun Is a Surprising Likely Source
Curtin University researchers have helped unravel the enduring mystery of the origins of the Earth’s water, finding the Sun to be a surprising likely source….
Sound Science: Great Headphones Blend Physics, Anatomy and Psychology
What you like to listen to is also important for choosing the right pair. Between music, podcasts, gaming, and the unlimited supply of online content,…
The Strange Story of Turkey Tails Speaks Volumes About Our Global Food System
Intensive livestock farming is a huge global industry that serves up millions of tons of beef, pork, and poultry every year. When I asked one…
Scientists Discover the Mode of Action of Essential Proteins Involved in Cancer and Alzheimer’s Disease
The proteins that belong to the HAT family are essential for life as they transport amino acids across the cell membrane. Although the members of…
COVID Long-Haulers May Experience Abnormal Breathing and Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
Findings are consistent with long-haul symptoms following the 2005 SARS epidemic. Many long-haul COVID-19 patients have chronic fatigue syndrome and other breathing issues months after…
How and When the Earth and Moon Formed
The Earth formed over 4.6 billion years ago out of a mixture of dust and gas around the young sun. It grew larger thanks to…
Blood Microbubbles To Acoustically Detect Oxygen Levels
Acoustic tools detect vibrating microbubbles, act as oxygen sensor. Blood carries vital oxygen through our circulation system to muscles and organs. Acoustic tools can create…
New Technology Shows Climate Change Is Making One of the World’s Strongest Currents Flow Faster
A change in the Southern Ocean, the region absorbing the most human-induced warming globally, is detected by new technology. The Antarctic Circumpolar Current (ACC), the…
Russian Anti-Satellite Weapon Test: What Happened and What To Do Now?
On November 15, 2021, U.S. officials announced that they had detected a dangerous new debris field in orbit near Earth. Later in the day, it…
Ultrafast Polaronic Exciton Dissociation Mechanism in 2D Perovskites
A research group led by Prof. JIN Shengye from the Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics (DICP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed an ultrafast and high-yield…
New Chest Imaging Database Assists AI in the COVID-19 Fight
Published today in the Open-Access, Open-Data journal GigaScience is the National COVID-19 Chest Imaging Database (NCCID), a centralized database containing chest X-rays, Computed Tomography (CT)…
Extraordinary Roman Mosaic and Villa Complex Discovered Beneath Farmer’s Field in England
Archaeologists have unearthed the first Roman mosaic of its kind in the UK. A Roman villa complex containing a rare mosaic has been discovered beneath…
Physicists Reveal Non-Reciprocal Flow Around the Quantum World Using an Artificial Magnetic Field
Physicists from Exeter and Zaragoza have created a theory describing how non-reciprocity can be induced at the quantum level, paving the way for non-reciprocal transport…
Calling All “Fusioneers”! New US Fusion Energy Website Launched
The new community-wide outreach, education, and workforce development website provides centralized resources for all audiences. The U.S. Fusion Outreach Team, a grassroots organization in the…
Study Reveals Wide Spectrum of COVID-19 Brain Complications – Including Stroke, Hemorrhage, and Other Fatal Complications
The largest multi-institutional international study to date on brain complications of COVID-19 has found that approximately one in 100 patients hospitalized with COVID-19 will likely…
Steel or Timber? New Tools Help Builders Reduce Carbon Footprint of Truss Structures
New analysis could help identify optimal materials for the crisscrossing struts that bolster bridges, towers, and buildings. Buildings are a big contributor to global warming,…
Atomic Disorder in Surface Materials Is Key to Better Hydrogen Storage
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) scientists have found that atomic disorder in certain boron-based hydrogen storage systems can potentially improve the rate of hydrogen uptake….
Artificial Intelligence That Understands Object Relationships – Enabling Machines To Learn More Like Humans Do
A new machine-learning model could enable robots to understand interactions in the world in the way humans do. When humans look at a scene, they…