Scientists Thought They Knew Why Ice Was Slippery, but Researchers Found Surprises
Why is ice so slippery? The answer lies in a film of water that is generated by friction, one that is far thinner than expected…
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Ants vs. Humans: Solving the Mystery of How Ants Manage Traffic So Well
Whether they occur on holiday routes or the daily commute, traffic jams affect cars as well as pedestrians. Scientists at the Research Center on Animal…
Storing Secret Messages in Light-Sensitive Polymers
Scientists from the CNRS and Aix-Marseille Université have recently shown how valuable light-sensitive macromolecules are: when exposed to the right wavelength of light, they can…
Inward Migration of Mimas Helped Shape Saturn’s Rings
The Solar System’s second largest planet both in mass and size, Saturn is best known for its rings. These are divided by a wide band,…
Astronomers Reveal How Catastrophic Collisions Form Two Lobe Comets
Comets made up of two lobes, such as 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko, visited by the Rosetta spacecraft, are produced when the debris resulting from a destructive collision between…
Researchers Investigate Turbulence in Planetary Cores
New research investigates the combination of elliptical deformation of streamlines and vorticity that can lead to the destabilization of any rotating flow via the elliptical…
Boron Nitride Nanotubes Channel Osmotic Power
Using boron nitride nanotubes, researchers have discovered a new method for harnessing energy from the salinity difference between fresh water and salt water. The salinity…
New Emperor Penguin Colonies Discovered in Antarctica
Scientists observed two new colonies totaling 6,000 emperor penguin chicks near Mertz Glacier in Antarctica, raising the estimated population in this area to about three…
Scientists Discover a New Type of Cosmic Ray
Scientists using the XMM-Newton X-ray astronomy satellite discovered a new signature of a source of low-energy hadronic cosmic rays in the vicinity of the Arches…
Liminib, A New Molecule with Anti-Cancer and Anti-Metastatic Properties
A team of researchers have discovered a new molecule with anti-cancer and anti-metastatic properties that targets the multiplication of cells and their mobility, possibly preventing…