Astronomers Use Planet-Hunting Satellite To See White Dwarf “Switch On and Off” for First Time
Astronomers have used a planet-hunting satellite to see a white dwarf abruptly switching on and off for the first time. The researchers led by Durham…
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Challenging the Big Bang Puzzle of Heavy Elements: Earth Factories Creating Elements From Nuclear Transmutation
Rather than being created solely during supernova explosions, chemical elements could also be produced deep within the Earth’s lower mantle. It has long been theorized…
Bacteria Evolved a Multitude of Defense Systems That Offer Strong Immunity for Protection Against Viruses
A new study led by a team of bioscientists from Durham University, UK, in collaboration with University of Liverpool, Northumbria University and New England Biolabs,…
Extreme Geophysics: Quantum Phase Transition Detected on a Global Scale Deep Inside the Earth
Multidisciplinary team of materials physicists and geophysicists combine theoretical predictions, simulations, and seismic tomography to find spin transition in the Earth’s mantle. The interior of…
Highly Processed Foods Harm Memory in the Aging Brain – But Omega-3 Supplements May Help
Study in animals suggests omega-3 supplement may reduce effects. Four weeks on a diet of highly processed food led to a strong inflammatory response in…
Immune Responses From 3 Different COVID-19 Vaccines Compared Over 8 Months
Strong antibody response to mRNA vaccines declined over an eight-month follow-up period; lower initial response to single-shot Ad26 vaccine remained stable over time, research shows….
A Sunny Outlook for Solar: New Research Demonstrates Great Promise for Improving Solar Cell Efficiency
New research demonstrates great promise of all-inorganic perovskite solar cells for improving the efficiencies of solar cells. Hybrid organic-inorganic perovskites have already demonstrated very high…
Geomagnetic Storm: Solar Eruption Arrives at Earth
A mass of solar material that erupted from the Sun on October 9, 2021, reached Earth on October 12. The Earth-directed coronal mass ejection, or…
Planetary Defense: Physicists Propose New Way To Defend Earth Against Cosmic Impacts
Is Planetary Defense PI in the Sky? In February of 2013, skywatchers around the world turned their attention toward asteroid 2012 DA14, a cosmic rock…
International Observe the Moon Night: 10 Ways To Observe the Moon
Believe it or not, observing the Moon is something you can do no matter the weather, time of day, or location! We interpret “observe” very…
New Nutrient Profiling System: Ranking Healthfulness of Foods From First to Worst
New nutrient profiling system, most comprehensive and science-based to date, clears up confusion to benefit consumers, policymakers. A scientific team at the Friedman School of…
Cross-Protective COVID Immunity: One Coronavirus Vaccine Can Provide Broad Immunity Against Other Coronaviruses
Study is the first to demonstrate cross-protective immunity by vaccines. Northwestern Medicine scientists have shown for the first time that coronavirus vaccines and prior coronavirus…
NASA Lucy Launched on Atlas V Rocket – Asteroid Mission to “Fossils” of Planet Formation
NASA’s Lucy mission, the agency’s first to Jupiter’s Trojan asteroids, launched at 5:34 a.m. EDT Saturday on a United Launch Alliance (ULA) Atlas V rocket…
Unique Benefits for Fat Loss: New Insight on How Resistance Training Burns Fat
Findings from a new University of Kentucky College of Medicine and College of Health Sciences study add to growing evidence that resistance exercise has unique…
Alzheimer’s Disease and COVID-19 Share a Genetic Risk Factor
An anti-viral gene that impacts the risk of both Alzheimer’s disease and severe Covid-19 has been identified by a UCL-led research team. The researchers estimate…
A Mysterious Gap Within the Solar System’s Protoplanetary Disk
Scientists find evidence the early solar system harbored a gap between its inner and outer regions. The cosmic boundary, perhaps caused by a young Jupiter…
Research Team Unlocks Secret Path to a Bright Quantum Future
Berkeley Lab-led research key to next-gen quantum computing and technologies. In 1998, researchers including Mark Kubinec of UC Berkeley performed one of the first simple…
Origin Unknown: Over a Thousand Powerful Cosmic Explosions Detected by FAST Telescope in 47 Days
An international research team led by Prof. LI Di and Dr. WANG Pei from National Astronomical Observatories of Chinese Academy of Sciences (NAOC) caught an…