On March 4, students, faculty and community members packed a classroom in the Clough Undergraduate Learning Commons to welcome astronaut Shane Kimbrough back to Tech after his recent stay at the Inte… [+6468 chars]
For those of us who skipped high school physics, let's start at the beginning: what is a gravitational wave?
Bilal Haider is studying how multiple areas of the brain work together for visual perception. This could help researchers understand if neural activity “traffic jams” underlie all kinds of visual imp… [+3622 chars]
Metal-organic frameworks, a class of materials with porous molecular structures, have a variety of possible applications, such as capturing harmful gases and catalyzing chemical reactions. Made of me… [+6337 chars]
Researchers at UC San Diego's Scripps Institution of Oceanography have discovered a novel molecular process that corals use to control the subcellular environment of the algae that live inside them. … [+6032 chars]
A new analysis shows that researchers using machine learning methods could risk underestimating uncertainties in their final results.The Standard Model of particle physics offers a robust theoretical… [+3815 chars]
Venus will meet up with Mars in the very early morning sky on Saturday (March 12) — here's how you can catch the planetary duo. The two planets will appear close to each other in the south-easter… [+2260 chars]
A magnetar is an exotic neutron star with an ultra-powerful magnetic field. It is 1,000 times stronger than a normal neutron star. On Oct. 10, 2020, NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory discovered … [+2800 chars]
A luminescence reaction modeled on fireflies can detect contamination with organophosphates with high sensitivity, ease, and low cost. At the center of this technology is a new enzymatic method for t… [+2736 chars]
It is well known that methane, a greenhouse gas, is produced by special microorganisms, for example in the intestines of cows, or in rice fields. For some years, scientists had also observed the prod… [+4115 chars]
According to a new study performed by the researchers of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), the rate of glacier ice flow seems to be highly sensitive to stress compared to what was init… [+4850 chars]
US researchers have used modelling to reveal the processes behind floating 'rafts' that help fire ants survive floods.
