The Rosetta mission to comet 67P/ChuryumovGerasimenko found unexpectedly high concentrations of molecular oxygen in its atmosphere. New results show that these concentrations are enhanced by a cycle … [+2276 chars]
Participants A total of 68 healthy 17 to 18-year-old high-school students (27 females and 41 males) from two different 6th-year courses from the same school (who shared the same teacher) volunteered… [+7678 chars]
No statistical methods were used to predetermine sample size. The experiments were not randomized and the investigators were not blinded to allocation during experiments and outcome assessment. Clon… [+33242 chars]
The University of Montreal in Canada is a primarily French-language institution.Credit: Marc Bruxelle/Getty English is my mother tongue, so for a long time I never had to give much thought to speaki… [+4553 chars]
Trapped-ion quantum computers are quantum devices in which trapped ions vibrate together and are fully isolated from the external environment. These computers can be particularly useful for investiga… [+4292 chars]
A team of researchers at University College London has developed a way to keep objects levitated by sound waves airborne when other objects interfere with the levitation path. In their paper publishe… [+2650 chars]
Astronomers have traced the violent and catastrophic evolution of Andromeda, our nearest galactic neighbor, by analyzing the makeup and motion of more than 500 stars within the nearby galaxy. Locate… [+1725 chars]
A new cluster molecule has been discovered by researchers at Kyoto University’s Institute for Cell-Material Sciences, which might be beneficial as a catalyst. The metal oxide clusters obtained in th… [+2987 chars]
Scientists have made a pivotal new breakthrough in the quest to control light to evolve the next generation of quantum sensing and computing. The team of researchers, including Dr. Oleksandr Kyriien… [+4018 chars]
The Undergraduate Research series is where we feature the research that youre doing. If you are an undergraduate that took part in an REU or similar astro research project and would like to share thi… [+4100 chars]
Scientists have developed a new model of Earths tectonic plates that provides fresh insights into the planets geological history and a better understanding of natural hazards like earthquakes and vol… [+520 chars]
Its not just a problem for NASAs James Webb Space Telescope Last week, NASA revealed that one of JWSTs primary mirror segments, shown here, was damaged by a larger than expected micrometeoroid. Ima… [+6912 chars]
