A team of researchers at The University of Manchester’s National Graphene Institute (NGI) and the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) has demonstrated that slightly twisted 2D transition metal dichalc… [+3495 chars]
SpaceX is aiming to launch more rockets in 2022 than it has in any year past, and with todays successful Starlink launch, its well on its way to reaching that goal. The Starlink 4-9 mission lifted o… [+1897 chars]
Y’all ready to talk about ants? A molecule found in Australian bull ant venom intended to ward off predators could be perfect for helping people with long-term pain, at least according to researcher… [+2401 chars]
Space can seem like a beautiful painting with stars twinkling and celestial bodies floating around against an immense black background. But a closer look will tell you how terrifying it can truly be.… [+2287 chars]
Following a major study of the effects of personality on job performance, researchers zoomed in on one personality trait – agreeableness – and found that it has a desirable effect on hundreds of phys… [+3874 chars]
A study into tooth wear in a group of wild Japanese macaques has significant implications for the study of human evolution, a University of Otago study has shown. Lead author Dr. Ian Towle and Dr. C… [+3240 chars]
Computer programming and gene synthesis appear to share little in common. But according to University of Cincinnati professor Andrew Steckl, an Ohio Eminent Scholar, leaps forward in technology in th… [+5366 chars]
Science instruments and other hardware for the spacecraft will come together in the mission's final phase before a launch to Jupiter's icy moon Europa in 2024. When it's fully assembled, NASA's Euro… [+4951 chars]
Water may be a fundamental human need; however, today, we live in a world where more than 785 million people lack access to even basic water services. This problem is expected to worsen as a result o… [+2744 chars]
One thousand light-years away is pretty close for a black hole. When researchers discovered a black hole at that distance in 2019, it caught the attention of other astronomers and other interested pe… [+12098 chars]
The International Space Station (ISS) has helped expand our knowledge of the universe, fostered the birth of the space industry, and led the international community's scientific collaboration. "The … [+2181 chars]
Using a new method of studying dinosaur tracks, a pair of researchers at Liverpool John Moores University has found that sauropods walked with a gait unlike any creature alive today. In their paper p… [+2391 chars]