Time to get your laser blasters ready again to hunt down aliens — or at least alien galaxies. A new NASA browser game (opens in new tab) aims to recreate the 1978 arcade and Atari classic, "Space In… [+3953 chars]
In medical care, magnetic fields of heart and brain activity are measured to detect diseases at an early stage. To measure even the smallest magnetic fields, researchers at Fraunhofer IAF are working… [+6668 chars]
Whats your most decadent home purchase? I dont mean expensive, necessarily more, a thing you purchased you can absolutely live without but you feel like it makes your day just a little more special… [+5890 chars]
New technologies and expertise are being applied to study areas of the Red Sea, thanks to a partnership between Saudi Arabia and Japan. Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Te… [+741 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]
On reflection Diagram showing how some particles are blocked by superfluid vortices by the process of Andreev reflection. (Courtesy: MT Noble et al/Phys. Rev. B)" /> On reflection Diagram showing… [+3594 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… [+5332 chars]
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Advances in synthetic biology and genome editing have led to a growing industry to develop customized cell lines for medical research. These engineered cell lines, however, can be vulnerable to misid… [+4749 chars]
NASA recently shared an eye-catching image of our neighbor galaxy, Andromeda, captured by the Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer (WISE). Located about 2.5 million light-years from our Sun, Andromed… [+850 chars]
The subfossil jawbone of a polar bear that lived 115,000 to 130,000 years ago in Norways Svalbard archipelago. A genomic study includes an analysis of DNA extracted from a tooth attached to this jawb… [+10962 chars]
Ocean rings, which can span anywhere from a few months to several years, are vital for moving heat and nutrients across the ocean. However, it remains mysterious how these ocean rings stay intact. A… [+2469 chars]
