At the intersection of engineered materials and computation, spin-glass systems comprise a disordered system of nanomagnets arising from random interactions and competition between two types of magne… [+3864 chars]
A novel glacier model has been developed which can simulate ice dynamics and ice interaction with the climate up to a thousand times faster than previous models. This model can be used to predict the… [+7270 chars]
image: Dr. Marcus Jeschke, head of junior research group Cognitive Hearing in Primates (Chip).view more Credit: Karin Tilch/Deutsches Primatenzentrum According to estimates by the World Health Org… [+5243 chars]
How life originated on Earth? This is one of the most interesting questions whose answer is not yet known. However, continuous research is going on to find out the origin of life on Earth. And now as… [+2849 chars]
It’s often said that the wheels of government turn slowly, and perhaps nowhere is this on better display than at NASA. While it seems like every week we hear about another commercial space launch or … [+7065 chars]
According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) more than five percent of the world’s population is affected by hearing loss and deafness, which is mostly caused by loss of hair cells i… [+4885 chars]
The inner nebula of the much-studied supernova Cassiopeia A is not moving smoothly outward. This has been discovered by astronomers from the University of Amsterdam and Harvard. The astronomers suspe… [+3643 chars]
Working with a quantum material known as a kagome magnet, a team of Boston College physicists and colleagues have directly measured how individual electronic quantum states in the novel material resp… [+4410 chars]
It’s often said that the wheels of government turn slowly, and perhaps nowhere is this on better display than at NASA. While it seems like every week we hear about another commercial space launch or … [+7065 chars]
A new analysis of one of the most famous explosions in the cosmos has revealed a curious asymmetry. Part of the inner nebula of the Cassiopeia A supernova remnant is not, astronomers have found, exp… [+3620 chars]
Near-Earth asteroids are interlopers from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter composed of rocky debris left over when our solar system formed. Planet Earth is at risk of colliding with an aste… [+4421 chars]
Scientists studying V Hydrae (V Hya) have witnessed the star's mysterious death throes in unprecedented detail. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) and data from the Hubble … [+5765 chars]