Growing Interest in Limited Moon Resources Could Cause Tension
New research indicates that limited resources on Earth’s satellites could cause crowding and competition as site selection, and extraction become a reality. An international team…
New research indicates that limited resources on Earth’s satellites could cause crowding and competition as site selection, and extraction become a reality. An international team…
Researchers have developed a new theory for observing a quantum vacuum that could lead to new insights into the behavior of black holes. The Unruh…
The subunits could be robotically assembled to produce large, complex objects, including cars, robots, or wind turbine blades. Researchers at MIT’s Center for Bits and…
The first to be rigged with microphones, the agency’s latest Mars rover picked up the subtle sounds of its own inner workings during interplanetary flight….
Study shows test turnaround-time, and frequency are far more important than sensitivity in curbing spread. Testing half the population weekly with inexpensive, rapid-turnaround COVID-19 tests…
Scientists from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Maryland, and international collaborators demonstrated a new method for mapping the location and size of trees…
Just after sunset on the evening of December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn will appear closer together in Earth’s night sky than they have been…
A faster way to estimate uncertainty in AI-assisted decision-making could lead to safer outcomes. Increasingly, artificial intelligence systems known as deep learning neural networks are…
Scientists studying the aerodynamics of infectious disease share steps to curb transmission during indoor activities. Wear a mask. Stay six feet apart. Avoid large gatherings….
In a new realm of materials, Ph.D. student Thanh Nguyen uses neutrons to hunt for exotic properties that could power real-world applications. Thanh Nguyen is…
Without urgent action, superbugs will kill 22,000 Australians a year by 2040 A comprehensive national database is needed to capture infection rates and arrest the…
Astronomers using data from the ongoing VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) have found a number of distant galaxies with supermassive black holes at their cores that…
Researchers climbed into moulins, which drain meltwater from the ice sheet, to better understand how volume relates to ice movement. Holes that carry surface meltwater…
Sneezes from people who have congested noses and a full set of teeth travel about 60% farther than from people who don’t, according to a…
Scientists have discovered a rare object called the Blue Ring Nebula, a ring of hydrogen gas with a star at its center. The properties of…
Scientists working with data from the Sloan Digital Sky Surveys’ Apache Point Observatory Galactic Evolution Experiment (APOGEE) have discovered a “fossil galaxy” hidden in the…
Multilayer plastic materials are ubiquitous in food and medical supply packaging, particularly since layering polymers can give those films specific properties, like heat resistance or…
An international team of scientists has defied nature to make diamonds in minutes in a laboratory at room temperature — a process that normally requires…