At long last: the crystal structure of three layers of -graphyne. (Courtesy: Yiming Hu) Two new processes for producing different types of graphyne a 2D allotrope of carbon that includes triple bond… [+6674 chars]
An artist’s rendering of the early solar system, featuring the proto-Sun, newly forming planets, and circumstellar disk. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle (SSC) Billions of years ago, when the Sun wa… [+3203 chars]
Older adults can benefit from higher levels of physical activity in many ways. Physical activity and exercise in older people can lower the risk of chronic disease, extend life expectancy, retain f… [+4750 chars]
Just a week after a giant asteroid, much bigger than the tallest building in the World, Burj-Khalifa, passed near Earth, there is another one that will make a close pass soon. According to NASA, a gi… [+1669 chars]
NASA is cooking up a new mission called DAVINCI (Deep Atmosphere Venus Investigation of Noble Gases, Chemistry, and Imaging) which will measure and analyse Venus atmosphere from top to bottom. The mi… [+2491 chars]
NASA announced this week that it will buy five more SpaceX Crew Dragon missions to transport humans to the International Space Station. Despite the fact that NASAs press release does not directly st… [+3591 chars]
To learn more, scientists turned off Avpr1a, a receptor in the brain that interacts with vasopressin.The rats were supposed to grow friendlier now that they were immune to the hormone. The consequen… [+860 chars]
NASA plans to acquire five additional crewed flights to the International Space Station from SpaceX as part of its Commercial Crew Transportation Capabilities (CCtCap) contract. NASA says the additio… [+1873 chars]
Scientists have discovered that an ultra-reactive chemical in Earth’s atmosphere lasts much longer than we previously believed. In fact, they believe that millions of tons of the chemical could linge… [+2534 chars]
The lightning protection system at NASA's Kennedy Space Center Launch Pad 39B recently intercepted the most powerful lightning strike ever recorded at the spaceport. When this event occurred, the age… [+1739 chars]
