The researchers, from the University of Cambridge, used sensors small and sensitive enough to detect temperature changes inside individual cells, and found that as amyloid-beta misfolds and clumps to… [+4826 chars]
Nonlinear optics is an important research direction with various applications in laser manufacturing, nanostructures' fabrication, sensor design, optoelectronics, biophotonics, and quantum optics, et… [+5407 chars]
Scientists have reported the fossil of a therizinosaur that was found in maritime sediments in Japan. This fossil is the first of its kind to be discovered in marine sediments anywhere in Asia. Ther… [+3716 chars]
Ants, as a group, are creatures of habit. While an individuals path isnt certain, biologists who have spent a lot of time watching the behavior of entire colonies can predict the average time any one… [+2905 chars]
In the early 2000s, a new set of data revised the chemical abundances at the surface of the sun, contradicting the values predicted by the standard models used by astrophysicists. Often challenged, t… [+5585 chars]
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image: Fig. 1 | Construction of antichiral gyromagnetic photonic crystal. (a) Schematic illustration of antichiral gyromagnetic photonic crystal. (b) The first Brillouin zone of honeycomb lattice. (c… [+5317 chars]
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A composite image of the R Aquarii binary star captured by NASA's flying telescope SOFIA. (Image credit: NASA) NASA's flying telescope SOFIA has been watching a dance between two stars orbiting each… [+3608 chars]
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is still pushing boundaries long after its first Mars liftoff. As CNETnotes, the space agency has shared video of Ingenuity's milestone 25th flight on April 8th, when it b… [+1018 chars]
The Sun is a great starting point for modeling the many physical processes in stellar interiors. However, the results of helioseismology, which provide information on the nature of the Sun’s interior… [+3088 chars]
Last week, we witnessed the largest asteroid of the year 2022 make its way very near Earth and then fly past. The Earth is approached by an asteroid almost every other week. In fact, there are around… [+3221 chars]