Why dont Mercury and Venus have a moon? Colossal planetary collisions were common in the chaotic early Solar System, but they dont guarantee a moon at all. Scientists think Mercury also may have ex… [+2222 chars]
Fermilabs Muon g 2 experiment uses this circular electromagnet to store muons, so that their magnetic moment can be measured with unprecedented precision.Credit: Brookhaven National Laboratory/SPL T… [+6299 chars]
WASHINGTON, June 30, 2022 – An optical fiber as thin as a strand of hair holds promise for use in minimally invasive deep-tissue studies of patients' brains that show the effects Alzheimer's disease … [+3233 chars]
Aquilaria sinensis (family Thymelaeaceae) is the principal source of Chinese agarwood. It is a vulnerable evergreen tree native to lowland forests in southern China. Its fruit matures during the June… [+3084 chars]
A small team of researchers from Switzerland, the U.S., Italy and Peru reports evidence that suggests ancestors of modern sperm whales were used as fat sources by ancient sharks. In their paper publi… [+2618 chars]
Two different ancient wolf populations contributed DNA to modern dogs, according to a new study by an international group of geneticists and archaeologist. Dogs are known to have descended from the … [+2620 chars]
Photoacoustic imaging generates ultrasound waves by irradiating biological tissues with pulses or modulated continuous lasers. Ultrasound sensors are used to capture ultrasound signals in a distribut… [+4138 chars]
It was the appearance of sea urchins from their hiding spots, not an increase in the urchin population, which caused a spectacular outbreak of kelp-eating sea urchins along California’s Central Coast… [+4988 chars]
The precise creation of nanoscale light fields is critical in emerging nanophotonics and nanooptics. Approaches for directly converting light into electrical impulses, along with non-destructive and … [+5524 chars]
Mission 4 after landing. Credit: U.S. Air Force Edinburgh / Washington, 30 June 2022. – The U.S. Air Forces X-37B Orbital Test Vehicle Mission 6 is soon going to break its own record after conductin… [+895 chars]
New research from the Oxford Flight Group using computer simulations and Hollywood-style motion capture shows how birds optimise their landing manoeuvres for an accurate descent.Researchers at the Un… [+3417 chars]
The researchers found that adding denitrifying bacteria can improve the compressive strength and tensile splitting strength by 30.3% and 20.3%, respectively. The addition of denitrifying bacteria to… [+4073 chars]
