In a recent study published in Science, four RIKEN organic chemists have come up with a way to selectively synthesize isomers of an important group of aromatic compounds. This promises to make it pos… [+3003 chars]
Stable packets of light waves — called optical solitons — are emitted in ultrashort-pulse lasers as a chain of light flashes. These solitons often combine into pairs with very short temporal separati… [+2869 chars]
Imagine a home on Mars. Is it filled with bacteria? When we send humans to Mars , they'll need places to live. In a new study, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in … [+4201 chars]
image: From left: Thomas Albright and Sergei Gepshteinview more Credit: Salk Institute LA JOLLA—(April 22, 2022) For years, the brain has been thought of as a biological computer that processes in… [+6599 chars]
Stargazers will be treated with a new celestial event as the Lyrid meteor shower will light up the sky on Friday night and Saturday morning. Starting on April 15, the meteor shower will continue till… [+1813 chars]
Earlier this week, private space technology company Astrobotic unveiled its new robotic lunar lander. Called Peregrine, the 6-foot-tall probe is scheduled to land on the Moon later this year. Pereg… [+2881 chars]
This artists concept shows a SpaceX Crew Dragon docking with the International Space Station. Credit: SpaceX NASA will provide live coverage of the undocking and departure of the Axiom Mission 1 (Ax… [+2782 chars]
Holoportation should make it possible to virtually send doctors to the International Space Station. metamorworks/Shutterstock pic via ETX Studio NEW YORK, April 22 A level up from telemedicine, used… [+2004 chars]
Four worlds are going to line up with the moon on Saturday (April 23), and it will be worth getting up early to see the show. The moon will be in its last-quarter phase just to the right of ringed S… [+2403 chars]
Juno, NASA's most distant planetary orbiter, has captured a spectacular view of Jupiter during its 40th close pass by the gas giant on February 25, 2022. The JunoCam imager on the spacecraft capture… [+1431 chars]
Imagine a home on Mars. Is it filled with bacteria? When we send humans to Mars , they'll need places to live. In a new study, a team of researchers from the Indian Institute of Science (IISc), in … [+4201 chars]
It has been common knowledge that climatic shifts, in particular the transition from the warm and wet Pliocene (5.3-2.6 mya) to the cold and dry Pleistocene (2.6 mya 10 kya), played a key role in the… [+5859 chars]
