Media Corruption? Car Safety Recalls Reported Less When Manufacturers Advertise More
Is the reporting of media outlets biased in favor of firms that advertise with them? A new study looked at the relationship between advertising by…
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Strange Bare Spots on Moon Reveal Possibly Active Lunar Tectonic System
Strange spots scattered across the Moon’s nearside where bedrock is conspicuously exposed are evidence of seismic activity set in motion 4.3 billion years ago that…
Ultra-Fast Adaptation Solution to ‘Link Discovery’ Problem for Terahertz Data Networks
When someone opens a laptop, a router can quickly locate it and connect it to the local Wi-Fi network. That ability is a basic element…
“Kill Switch” Research Reveals a Promising New Malaria Vaccine Candidate
Researchers have discovered a promising new strategy for combating malaria, a mosquito-borne parasite that claims nearly a half-million lives each year. For a study reported…
Corrugated Pipes Installed to Help Bats Access Their Roosts May Actually Interfere With Echolocation
Corrugated metal pipes have been installed at cave and mine entrances to help bats access their roosts, but a new study from Brown University researchers…
Previously Unknown Relationship Between Curvature and Toughness in Layered Materials Has Implications for Bio-Inspired Composites
Engineers looking to nature for inspiration have long assumed that layered structures like those found in mollusk shells enhance a material’s toughness, but a study…
‘Cheerios Effect’ Forces Directly Measured for the First Time
There’s an interesting fluid dynamics phenomenon that happens every morning in millions of cereal bowls. When there are just a few bits of cereal left…
Astronomers Inch Closer Than Ever to Signal From Cosmic Dawn
Researchers using the Murchison Widefield Array radio telescope have taken a new and significant step toward detecting a signal from the period in cosmic history…
Hole-y Superconductor: Entirely New State of Matter Discovered
In a finding that reveals an entirely new state of matter, research published in the journal Science shows that Cooper pairs, electron duos that enable…
Mineral That Could Preserve Signs of Past Life Spotted at Future Mars Landing Spot
Using orbital instruments to peer into Jezero crater, the landing site for NASA’s Mars 2020 rover, researchers found deposits of hydrated silica, a mineral that’s…
New Augmented Reality System Lets Smartphone Users Manipulate Virtual Objects With Their Hands
A new software system developed by Brown University researchers turns cell phones into augmented reality portals, enabling users to place virtual building blocks, furniture, and…
Majority of Lunar Ice Deposits Are Likely Billions of Years Old – But Some May Be Much More Recent
New research sheds light on the ages of ice deposits reported in the area of the Moon’s south pole — information that could help identify…
New Research on Lunar Ice Deposits Examines When and How It Got There
The discovery of ice deposits in craters scattered across the Moon’s south pole has helped to renew interest in exploring the lunar surface, but no…
Diet Impacts the Sensitivity of Gut Microbiome to Antibiotics
Antibiotics change the kinds of bacteria in the mouse gut as well as the bacteria’s metabolism — but diet can exacerbate the changes, a new…
Strange Martian Mineral Deposit Likely From Volcanic Ash
Ashfall from ancient volcanic explosions is the likely source of a strange mineral deposit near the landing site for NASA’s next Mars rover, a new…
How the Martian Moon Phobos Got Its Strange Grooves
A new study bolsters the idea that strange grooves crisscrossing the surface of the Martian moon Phobos were made by rolling boulders blasted free from…
Study Shows Ancient Mars Had The Right Conditions For Underground Life
A new study shows evidence that ancient Mars probably had an ample supply of chemical energy for microbes to thrive underground. “We showed, based on…
Dawn Reveals Surprisingly High Concentrations of Organic Material on Ceres
A new analysis of data from NASA’s Dawn mission suggests that organic matter may exist in surprisingly high concentrations on the dwarf planet’s surface. Last…