It's not every day that someone comes across a new state of matter in quantum physics, the scientific field devoted to describing the behavior of atomic and subatomic particles in order to elucidate … [+5392 chars]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will explore how the ocean absorbs atmospheric heat and carbon, moderating global temperatures and climate change. T… [+6768 chars]
Satellites help run the internet and television and are central to the Global Positioning System. They enable modern weather forecasting, help scientists track environmental degradation and play a hu… [+6961 chars]
Modern computers use electrons to process information, but this design is starting to reach theoretical limits. However, it could be possible to use magnetism instead and thereby keep up the developm… [+4817 chars]
Are we about to see the unseeable for a second time? Decades of calculations and data show there is a supermassive black hole, about 4 million times more massive than our sun, lurking at the heart of… [+3636 chars]
Scientists have discovered a city-size lake hidden deep underneath the world's largest ice sheet, and it could unlock the secrets of the sheet's 34 million-year history. The hidden lake — which has… [+3981 chars]
Wednesday, May 11th 2022, 12:15 pm - "This quake is sure to provide a view into the planet like no other." NASA's InSight lander finally detected "The Big One" on Mars. Since it touched down on Mar… [+4395 chars]
Like every solar-panel-powered vehicle on Mars, maintaining electrical power always becomes an issue at some point in the mission. Last week, mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory lost… [+6197 chars]
NASA's most iconic space telescope has spotted a star that survived the violent death of its companion. When a massive star reaches the end of its life, it explodes in a brilliant burst of light, a… [+4392 chars]
A long-standing quest for science and technology has been to develop electronics and information processing that operate near the fastest timescales allowed by the laws of nature. A promising way to… [+7264 chars]
Credit: CC0 Public Domain A study led by scientists at the Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (UAB) and University of Kent uncovers how the genome three-dimensional structure of male germ cells deter… [+7073 chars]
