To solve a long-standing puzzle about how long a neutron can "live" outside an atomic nucleus, physicists entertained a wild but testable theory positing the existence of a right-handed version of ou… [+7546 chars]
Movies featuring space missions to Mars may no longer receive “rotten tomatoes” as astronauts could have their own farm of fresh space tomatoes! Scientists at the University of California Riverside … [+1386 chars]
We are carbon-based life forms. That means the basis for the chemical compounds that forms our life is the element carbon. It’s crucial because it bonds with other elements such as hydrogen and oxyge… [+5743 chars]
Chilean Astronomer Bárbara Rojas-Ayala at the Paranal Observatory/ESO. Bárbara Rojas-Ayala Chilean researcher Bárbara Rojas-Ayala found a way to measure the "metallicity" of M dwarf (red dwarf) st… [+4205 chars]
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The emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane (CH4) – the most potent greenhouse gases – into the atmosphere from African lakes are reassessed in a study undertaken by the Laboratory of Chemical … [+4312 chars]
Rice University physicists are available to discuss the July 4 anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery and the recent restart of the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) for a third round of experiments. T… [+3340 chars]
Paralysis, numbness, and chronic pain are just some of the impairments that can result from damage to the peripheral nervous system. Even though peripheral nerves can grow back, it takes a long time … [+4377 chars]
image: Lower jaw and front limb bones of wood mice (Apodemus cf. sylvaticus) and blackthorn fruit with gnawing traces by mice.view more Credit: Raül Soteras, AgriChange Project As early as the Neo… [+3774 chars]
SpaceX Starship's Super Heavy Rocket is ready for what could be its final launch pad test before a likely orbital test flight in July. The massive Super Heavy Booster 7, which has 33 Raptor engine… [+3768 chars]
An international group of researchers led by Arnaud Belloche (MPIfR, Bonn, Germany) reports the first identification of iso-propanol in interstellar space, a substance which is used as a sanitizer on… [+8454 chars]
It has long been known that when salt is kept in a humid environment, it absorbs water, dissolving some of the salt and making it clump. Now, researchers from Japan have discovered that water vapor i… [+3312 chars]
