Although graphene offers tremendous advantages for plasmon technologies, it is often difficult to co-excite multiple graphene plasmons on a highly dense single graphene sheet. In an article recently … [+6201 chars]
IceCube is an example of how big science, and particularly particle physics, now often works on generational time scales. Getting from the idea of IceCube to actually drilling its neutrino sensors in… [+3064 chars]
Attending the International Space Development Conference (ISDC), the annual conference of the National Space Society, can feel like stepping back in time. While this years event, held over Memorial D… [+4250 chars]
Here's your friendly reminder that our solar system is but a molecule of water in the universe's ocean. NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey, better known as TESS, has spotted a buzzing ga… [+4923 chars]
While staring at a multi-colored image of four overlapping clouds in the constellation Cygnus, a northern constellation on the plane of the Milky Way, Astronomy Professor Dan Clemens thought he saw a… [+3485 chars]
True north: schematic representation of a magnetic monopole and its field lines. (Courtesy: Kavli IPMU) A new benchmark has been set in the search for hypothetical magnetic monopoles produced in the… [+2986 chars]
Despite its prominent position in the night sky, Moon is a desolate landscape. The surface of Earth's only satellite appears mottled with great many impacts from space rocks. But there is water on Mo… [+1098 chars]
Triboelectric nanogenerators (TENGs) offer a wide range of applications in self-powered sensory systems. In a paper published in the journal Nano Energy, a liquid-solid TENG, driven by waves, was cre… [+5344 chars]
Is it true that many languages in the world use words similar to "mama" and "papa" for "mother" and "father"? If a language uses only one word for both "arm" and "hand," does it also use only one wor… [+4656 chars]
Young stars are surrounded by swirling disks of gas and dust, the material that might one day create planets. Citizen scientists — volunteers from the general public — interact with professional scie… [+3978 chars]
TEMPE, Ariz. — A star in deep space is giving new meaning to the saying “here today, gone tomorrow.” Astronomers have witnessed the fastest star explosion ever recorded from Earth. They watched as t… [+5502 chars]
A new high-resolution geological map of the Moon was recently released online. Ji et al. 2022/Science Bulletin A research team led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences has released a new high-resolut… [+2210 chars]
