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]
November 8, 2020 saw NASAs Juno spacecraft fly through a beam of electrons travelling from GanymedeJupiters largest moon to its auroral footprint on the planet Using data from the spacecrafts payloa… [+4028 chars]
Machines can beat the world's best chess player, but they cannot handle a chess piece as well as an infant. This lack of robot dexterity is partly because artificial grippers lack the fine tactile se… [+2736 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]
When it comes to telescopes, gear matters, and so does size. the bigger is better, and NASA could make telescopes up to 100 times bigger than before. Yep, you read that correctly. The secret lies in … [+1979 chars]
NASA’s huge new James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope ever launched into space, but the agency is already looking toward the future. It is currently exploring the possibility of c… [+5710 chars]
SpaceX is on the verge of sending its first space tourism mission to the International Space Station. The private space firm has shared images of the Falcon 9 rocket and Dragon capsule that will fly… [+2925 chars]
Innovation often leads to new products, but new methods can be just as groundbreaking. It was the chance to help develop those methods that drew chemical engineering doctoral student Soumil Joshi fr… [+6569 chars]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Gilead's remdesivir fails to show benefit in European trial; no fetus risk seen with first trimester vaccination The following is a summary of… [+1512 chars]
A pair of researchers, one with Manly Astrophysics, the other with Universidad de Murcia, has proposed the existence of a new type of neutron star. In their paper published in the journal Physical Re… [+2490 chars]
April is the cruellest month, wrote TS Eliot in his poem The Waste Land. This is not only because the UK tax year begins this week, but also because the centennial of one of the twentieth centurys mo… [+2173 chars]
There's a lot going on at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, as new photos show. SpaceX is gearing up for the Friday (April 8) launch of Ax-1 , the first all-private crewed mission to … [+2270 chars]
