Astronomers Spot Unusual, Enormous Rings Around a Black Hole
Astronomers spotted an unusual set of rings in X-rays around a black hole with a companion star. These rings are created by light echoes, a…
Astronomers spotted an unusual set of rings in X-rays around a black hole with a companion star. These rings are created by light echoes, a…
The tabletop diagnostic yields results in an hour and can be programmed to detect variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Engineers at MIT and Harvard University…
Frequent, rapid testing for COVID-19 is critical to controlling the spread of outbreaks, especially as new, more transmissible variants emerge. While today’s gold standard COVID-19…
The planet: TOI-1231 b The discovery: A planet some 90 light-years away from Earth is oddly reminiscent of our own Neptune – that is, a…
Scientists no longer have to worry about their bottles of mouse sperm breaking in transit. Researchers in Japan have developed a way to freeze dry…
A member of the Perseverance rover’s science team explains why the aerial image offers science advantages over ground-level images. Ask any space explorer, and they’ll…
Currently, much of the thinking around risks posed by volcanoes follows a simple equation: the bigger the likely eruption, the worse it will be for…
The SEROCOV study also provides evidence that pre-existing antibodies to common cold coronaviruses may be protective. The levels of IgG antibodies against SARS-CoV-2 spike protein…
Chronic stress is a well-known cause for mental health disorders. New research has moved a step forward in understanding how glucocorticoid hormones (‘stress hormones’) act…
Less processed meat and being breastfed also confer protection. Sip a Venti dark roast and eat a salad. A new Northwestern Medicine study shows coffee…
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have linked together, or “entangled,” the mechanical motion and electronic properties of a tiny blue…
The AMOC, a system of ocean currents influencing weather patterns globally and responsible for the mild European climate shows signs of stability loss. The Atlantic…
A team of astronomers has used the European Southern Observatory’s Very Large Telescope (ESO’s VLT) in Chile to shed new light on planets around a…
A study published June 16, 2021, in Biotropica by a team of researchers at the University of Washington, the UW Burke Museum of Natural History…
Betelgeuse (α Orionis) is the bright reddish star located in the shoulder of the Orion constellation and can be seen by the naked eye in…
Bird of prey can land and walk again with two feet and as the first “bionic bird.” With Oskar Aszmann and his team at the…
The desalter uses a cylinder and a solar collector. Ural Federal University (UrFU) power engineers have developed a new desalination technology. It will significantly reduce…
Exploding stars generate dramatic light shows. Infrared telescopes like Spitzer can see through the haze and to give a better idea of how often these…