A solar eruption that passed by Earth this morning could spark minor geomagnetic storms lasting days, scientists have warned. The coronal mass ejection (CME) delivered our planet a 'glancing blow' … [+8076 chars]
When our sun emits hydrogen fuel about five billion years from now, it will grow into a giant, covering the inner planets. The dynamics and the potential effects of planetary evolution are not well u… [+2011 chars]
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the first big survey of microbial diversity in the human body, published in Nature by the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) Consortium, of which I was a member. … [+4874 chars]
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ByEuropean Space Agency (ESA)June 15, 2022 Comet Interceptor has been selected as ESAs new fast-class mission. It will be the first spacecraft to visit a truly pristine comet or other interstellar o… [+9525 chars]
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NASA is scheduled to release the first images taken by the James Webb Space Telescope on July 12, 2022. Theyll mark the beginning of the next era in astronomy as Webb the largest space telescope ever… [+6760 chars]
Guppies that group together to avoid being eaten run the risk of breeding nastier parasites, researchers report. The pattern is likely common across the animal kingdom and may even be the case for s… [+4567 chars]
Qubits are a basic building block for quantum computers, but they're also notoriously fragile -- tricky to observe without erasing their information in the process. Now, new research from the Univers… [+5268 chars]
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The Berry curvature and Chern number are crucial topological qualities of a quantum mechanical origin characterizing the electron wave function of materials. These two elements play a very important … [+5724 chars]
A new study published in Nature today has identified a potential Achilles heel in the protective layers surrounding Gram-negative bacteria that could aid in the development of next-generation antibio… [+3132 chars]
