In the last five years, the discovery and significant interest in twisted bilayer graphene gave rise to an entirely new subfield in advanced materials science and quantum physics: twistronics. In a n… [+6398 chars]
The Trifid Nebula, a well-known region of star formation lying within our own Milky Way Galaxy, appears faint and ghostly in a throwback picture shared by the European Southern Observatory (ESO). Lo… [+1195 chars]
The US is committed to helping the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) reach its goal of putting the first Japanese astronaut on the moon by 2030 potentially making Japan just the second nation… [+2473 chars]
Last year, not one but three missions reached the Red Planet. This marvelous year for planetary exploration has now been immortalized in a series of stamps from the United Nations Postal Administrati… [+2288 chars]
AstroForge is young and very ambitious. The California-based startup, which was founded in January 2022, came out of stealth mode today (May 26), announcing that it aims to become the first-ever via… [+5460 chars]
Most people carry the fungus Candida albicans on their bodies, without causing many problems. However, when a systemic infection occurs with this fungus, it is dangerous and difficult to treat. The f… [+3049 chars]
NASA has completed major components for the future Artemis III interim cryogenic propulsion stage (ICPS) that will provide the power to send astronauts to the Moon, the agency said on Wednesday. Bui… [+1327 chars]
Scientists at the University of Chicago and the University of Leeds have assembled the largest and most comprehensive family tree of the order primates, including both living and extinct species. Co… [+5422 chars]
Scientists have revised a fundamental law foundational to fusion energy research that could allow for more hydrogen fuel in reactors, and potentially help obtain more energy from fusion than previous… [+4651 chars]
About 460 light-years from Earth lies the small but lovely star cluster IC 2391. It only has about 250 stars in it, but one of them is special because its actually four stars, a quaternary system. As… [+5525 chars]
Curtin scientists who analyzed seawater samples taken by Jon Sanders on his recent circumnavigation voyage have found microplastics present in the vast majority of samples, including those from very … [+3389 chars]
