Getting Water From a Stone: How Life Survives in Extreme Environments
By studying how the tiniest organisms in the Atacama Desert of Chile, one of the driest places on Earth, extract water from rocks, researchers at…
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Key Insights on How Coronavirus Spreads From Chinese Megacity of Shenzhen
Analysis shows how extensive testing and contact tracing stopped outbreak in South Chinese megacity. The extensive use of epidemiological surveillance, isolation of infected patients, and…
New Material Inspired by Human Bone and Colorful Coral Can ‘Shapeshift’ to External Forces
Inspired by how human bone and colorful coral reefs adjust mineral deposits in response to their surrounding environments, Johns Hopkins researchers have created a self-adapting…
Sulfur ‘Spices’ Alien Atmospheres – Points to Signs of Life
They say variety is the spice of life, and now new discoveries from Johns Hopkins researchers suggest that a certain elemental ‘variety’—sulfur—is indeed a ‘spice’…
Slithering Snakes on a 2D Plane – Search and Rescue Robots Inspired by Snakes [Video]
Snakes live in diverse environments ranging from unbearably hot deserts to lush tropical forests, where they slither up trees, rocks and shrubbery every day. By…
Gigantic Cosmic ‘Candy Cane’ Viewed by Goddard-IRAM Superconducting 2-Millimeter Observer
Center of milky way galaxy stitched together by new wavelength data. Deep in our Milky Way galaxy’s center, a candy cane emerges as the centerpiece…
Kick-Starting Moore’s Law With Breakthrough ‘Synthetic’ Method for Making Microchips
Breakthrough method for processing nanomaterials heralds advances in quantum computing, nanotechnology. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University have developed a new method for producing atomically-thin semiconducting…
Quieter Drones Inspired by the Physics of Mosquito Mating Ritual Sounds
Research could also lead to nontoxic method using sound to diminish mosquito breeding. Mosquitoes flap their wings not just to stay aloft but for two…
New Superconducting Material Discovered That Could Power Quantum Computers of the Future
Quantum computers with the ability to perform complex calculations, encrypt data more securely and more quickly predict the spread of viruses, may be within closer…
Young, White, Daily Opioid Users More Likely to Prefer Fentanyl
Study of people who use drugs in three cities will be used to target harm-reduction measures. A minority of people who use illicit opioids indicated…
Dark Matter May Be Older Than the Big Bang
A new mathematical model suggests dark matter may have been produced before the Big Bang during cosmic inflation, when space was expanding rapidly. Researchers believe…
Astronomers Release Newest and Best-Yet Image of Ultima Thule
The wonders – and mysteries – of Kuiper Belt object 2014 MU69 continue to multiply as NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft beams home new images of…
Astronomers Simulate Conditions Inside ‘Super-Earths’
By aiming intense X-ray beams at iron samples, scientists have studied the cores of “super-Earth” planets triple the size of Earth. The team, led by…
Radio Echoes of a Black Hole Feeding on a Star Detected
Signals suggest a black hole emits a jet of energy proportional to the stellar material it gobbles up. On Nov. 11, 2014, a global network…
Astronomers Propose New Limit on the Definition of a Planet
Pluto hogs the spotlight in the continuing scientific debate over what is and what is not a planet, but a less conspicuous argument rages on…
New Study Reveals How Rain Reshaped the Surface of Mars
A newly published study from the Smithsonian Institution and the Johns Hopkins University reveals that heavy rain on Mars reshaped the planet’s impact craters and…
Did LIGO Find Dark Matter?
When it was announced that LIGO detected gravitational waves this past February, astrophysicists wondered about something else: Had the experiment found the “dark matter” that…
Astrophysicists Get First Glimpse of a Black Hole Eating a Star and Ejecting a High-Speed Flare
For the first time, a team of astrophysicists has witnessed a black hole swallowing a star and ejecting a flare of matter moving at nearly…