There is no longer any doubt that the universe is teeming with planets — NASA recently announced that the total number of known exoplanets has crossed 5,000, and we’ve only just begun our search of t… [+2828 chars]
Optimum trigger and analysis threshold The continuous data stream of CUORE is triggered with the optimum trigger, an algorithm based on the optimum filter51 characterized by a lower threshold than a… [+10169 chars]
Researchers have identified the complete series of 10 factors that regulate the development of brain cell types in the visual system of fruit flies -- including in what order these neurons develop. T… [+4826 chars]
NASA is set to send a new generation of astronauts to the moon — including the first woman and the first person of color — and the space agency is inviting you along for the ride. Alright, so you wo… [+2042 chars]
Researchers from Monash University have discovered a new design motif derived from the rigid external covering of invertebrates that may help create more damage tolerant materials for future building… [+3695 chars]
Physicists in Finland have created a pumpkin-shaped atomic nucleus that throws off protons in a rare kind of radioactive decay. The nucleus, lutetium-149, has the shortest half-life of any of a gro… [+2328 chars]
Mark Vande Hei is happy having spent almost a year in space. A NASA astronaut, Vande Hei returned from a 355-day stay on the International Space Station on March 30. A week later, he made his first … [+6105 chars]
Using the Hubble Space Telescope (HST), astronomers from Villanova University have analyzed spectroscopic observations of a nearby old nova known as T Aurigae. Results of this study, published March … [+3194 chars]
NASA/JPL-Caltech/MSSS We know what Mars looks like (rocky). We know what it feels like (dusty, cold and windy). Now we also know what it sounds like thanks to NASA's Perseverance rover's ability to … [+1586 chars]
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – The next generation of catalytic converters could have longer lifetimes and need fewer rare materials to operate, a new study suggests. Catalytic converters turn harmful … [+4102 chars]
Stephen Hawking, one of the most prominent physicists in our world today has expressed his concerns about extraterrestrial intelligence. However, a group at University College London is not deterred … [+4885 chars]
Newswise — Plant-foliage-derived gases drive a previously unknown atmospheric phenomenon over the Amazon rainforest, according to a recent study by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laborator… [+6226 chars]
