Although the COVID-19 pandemic caused many disruptions in the educational system, it also led to some surprising benefits. In Physics of Fluids, scientists from the University of Illinois at Urbana-… [+3348 chars]
May 10 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith Under the guidance of researchers, two international studies recently performed across Europe have stressed the crucial role that human behavior will play when it c… [+4689 chars]
In multicellular organisms, body cells adhere to each other to form tissues that perform various physiological functions. Epithelial cells form our skin and lining surfaces, such as the gut and other… [+3464 chars]
A Hubble image taken on Dec. 5, 2005 of the Main Belt asteroid 2001 SE101 passing in front of the Crab Nebula. (Image credit: © NASA/ESA HST, Image processing: Melina Thévenot) Astronomers have re… [+4618 chars]
Sunspots aren't the only speckles decorating the dynamic face of our Sun. Solar physicists have made a close study of tiny, fleeting speckles of brightness that emerge and fade in less than a minute … [+3978 chars]
The cellular forms of natural materials are the inspiration behind a new lightweight, 3D printed smart architected material developed by an international team of engineers. The team, led by engineer… [+4285 chars]
image: Peng Chen and Laurent Bellaiche, University of Arkansas.view more Credit: University of Arkansas By applying light, University of Arkansas physicists Peng Chen and Laurent Bellaiche have di… [+2284 chars]
NASA's InSight mission has detected the largest quake ever detected on Mars, or another planet. The magnitude 5 Marsquake took place on May 4, 2022, on the 1,222nd sol or Martian day of the mission. … [+2073 chars]
Every time you take a step, space itself glows with a soft warmth. Called the FullingDaviesUnruh effect (or sometimes just Unruh effect if you're pushed for time), this eerie glow of radiation emerg… [+3652 chars]
A Hubble image taken on Dec. 5, 2005 of the Main Belt asteroid 2001 SE101 passing in front of the Crab Nebula. (Image credit: © NASA/ESA HST, Image processing: Melina Thévenot) Astronomers have re… [+4618 chars]
Much of what scientists think about soil metabolism may be wrong. New evidence from Northern Arizona University suggests that microbes in different soils use different biochemical pathways to process… [+4801 chars]
Searching for Dyson spheres, rings or swarms remains a preoccupation of many astronomers. If there are any out there, they will eventually be found, and the person or research team to do so will go d… [+4933 chars]
