NASA rockets will launch into space from the Northern Territory this month, in a rare event the federal government is hailing as a historic milestone for Australia's space industry. Three rockets w… [+2753 chars]
Russias space agency has announced its intention to unilaterally seize control of a German telescope mounted to a Russian-built spacecraft. Its a terrible, irresponsible idea, as even Russian scienti… [+3618 chars]
China’s coal resources have increasingly progressed into the deep stratum, a more difficult geomechanical environment than shallow resources. Rock mass tragedies are common, and infrared technology i… [+17127 chars]
Experienced cooks can determine when cooking oil has reached the right temperature for deep-frying by inserting moistened chopsticks in the hot oil. Bubbles form on the sticks and the sizzling sound … [+3148 chars]
Scientists taking a very close look at the architecture of neuron cells in the brain have found a key structural difference between primates and non-primates in the cortical neurons cells that are pa… [+3247 chars]
Self-assembly is the spontaneous organization of building blocks into structures or patterns from a disordered state. Everyday examples include the freezing of liquids or the crystallization of salts… [+4115 chars]
Holes help make sponges and English muffins useful (and, in the case of the latter, delicious). Without holes, they wouldn't be flexible enough to bend into small crevices, or to sop up the perfect a… [+5151 chars]
The Third Pole, which is centered on the Tibetan Plateau, stores most of the frozen water in the world after the Antarctic and Arctic. As a reliable water supply for almost 2 billion people, it has b… [+4088 chars]
By simulating earthquakes in a lab, Caltech engineers have provided strong experimental support for a form of earthquake propagation now thought responsible for the magnitude-9.0 earthquake that deva… [+5198 chars]
The spacesuits will have to support spacewalking in low-Earth orbit outside the ISS and also on the Moon as part of future Artemis missions. How much do the suits cost? Nasas Extravehicular Activity… [+1787 chars]
The numerous casualties of bats at wind turbines (WT) have a negative impact on the populations of affected species and potentially far-reaching consequences for the biodiversity in rural areas. Unti… [+5378 chars]
Discovery plot of PSR J18353259B folded with prepfold showing time vs. phase and frequency vs. phase intensity in grayscale. Credit: Gautam et al., 2022. An international team of astronomers reports… [+3444 chars]
