SpinLaunch, the company testing a catapult-like system that sends payloads to space with almost no rocket propellant, has shared footage from one of its test launches. The video clip (below) shows S… [+2368 chars]
MONDAY, May 9, 2022 (HealthDay News) -- Scientists have unearthed new details about how astronauts' brains are affected by extended trips in space. "These findings have important implications as we … [+2456 chars]
The approach revealed new conserved components of a defense mechanism against cytoskeleton inhibitors. a, LatB interferes with actin polymerization. b, Soil microorganisms deploy (arrows) actin inhib… [+4953 chars]
Shallow, dynamic subglacial water systems provide lubrication that facilitates the movement of overlying ice. Antarctica’s fast-flowing ice streams drain the ice sheet, controlling the velocity of su… [+4661 chars]
The magnificent spiral galaxy M99 fills the frame in this image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. M99which lies roughly 42 million light-years from Earth in the constellation Coma Berenicesis… [+2091 chars]
Various technologies, networks and institutions benefit from or require accurate time keeping to synchronize their activities. Current ways of synchronizing time have some drawbacks that a new propos… [+3431 chars]
Newswise — MINNEAPOLIS / ST. PAUL (05/09/2022)—A team of energy researchers led by the University of Minnesota Twin Cities have invented a groundbreaking device that electronically converts one metal… [+5656 chars]
The lab of Kathy Gould, Louise B. McGavock Professor and professor of cell and developmental biology, used a multi-disciplinary approach that included structural biology, biochemistry, and molecular … [+3034 chars]
In a world of materials that normally expand upon heating, one that shrinks along one 3D axis while expanding along another stands out. That's especially true when the unusual shrinkage is linked to … [+8545 chars]
Samantha Cristoforetti has created history by making the first-ever TikTok video ever from the International Space Station (ISS). The female astronaut from the European Space Agency (ESA) is current… [+1381 chars]
Mimicry is widespread in the animal kingdom. Some caterpillars can make themselves look like venomous snakes. The chicks of an Amazonian bird called the cinereous mourner shapeshift into poisonous l… [+7217 chars]
Astronaut Peggy Whitson in the International Space Station’s Cupola during a 2017 tour of duty. Doctors are interested in how long periods in low gravity change an astronaut’s brain. (NASA Photo) Go… [+4309 chars]
