We finally have our first James Webb image. At least, the first in-focus image that James Webb Space Telescope has produced. NASA released the image on March 16, 2022, and shared that all critical mi… [+3249 chars]
The Northern black swift is thought to have a link to the moon, according to researchers. Scientists determined that when this small bird makes its way from the Rocky Mountains to the Amazon jungle, … [+1678 chars]
Polarization, the direction in which light vibrates, provides a lot of information about the objects with which it interacts, from aerosols in the atmosphere to the magnetic field of stars. However, … [+3113 chars]
The CMS, or Compact Muon Solenoid, experiment is a particle detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the world's largest particle accelerator. The LHC, which is operated by the European Organiz… [+6492 chars]
Parkinsons disease is a neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the destruction of a specific population of neurons: the dopaminergic neurons. The degeneration of these neurons prevents the trans… [+3649 chars]
According to a new study, wildfire smoke depletes the ozone layer. Researchers warn that as the frequency of major fires increases as a result of climate change, more harmful ultraviolet radiation fr… [+2096 chars]
In what is thought to be a world-first, researchers from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have successfully 3D bioprinted human testicular cells. Having found some early signs of sperm produ… [+5053 chars]
A new search for the elusive Planet Nine has once again yielded nary a sniff of a sneaky outer Solar System body. Although the hypothetical object continues to evade detection, a six-year search in … [+4061 chars]
The 2021 wildfire season broke records globally, leaving land charred from California to Siberia. The risk of fire is growing, and a report published by the UN last month warned that wildfires are on… [+3937 chars]
Wendy K. Caldwell is a mathematician/planetary scientist at Los Alamos National Laboratory. She is the lead author of Los Alamos National Laboratory’s Psyche research and a member of the DART Investi… [+8487 chars]
An investigation into how human nerve cells differ from animal cells has provided researchers from The University of Texas at Dallas' Center for Advanced Pain Studies (CAPS) with important clues in t… [+3845 chars]
In the 1970s, Stephen Hawking found that an isolated black hole would emit radiation but only when considered quantum mechanics. This is known as black hole evaporation because the black hole shrinks… [+4959 chars]