Government policies often are presented with hefty price tags, but people often zone out as more zeros are added to the total cost. A new study from Carnegie Mellon University suggests that rescaling… [+5213 chars]
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RUDN professor suggested the way to create porous silicon nanostructures strictly on a given region. This will help forming the silicon substrate with neurons or other biological objects and for exam… [+2498 chars]
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JUST above Earth's surface is a disc of space debris hurtling through space at speeds high enough to do more than rattle the International Space Station. Earth's orbit is so cluttered with man-made … [+2129 chars]
After a career spent probing the mysteries of the universe, a Janelia Research Campus senior scientist is now exploring the mysteries of the human brain and developing new insights into the connectio… [+4589 chars]
Astronomers have discovered the most distant galaxy rotation ever observed, implying an early stage of rotational motion development. Image Credit: Waseda University The galaxies appeared first aft… [+4525 chars]
Astronomy Photographer of the Year has a real treat for all astrophotography fans. The 2022 contest has just announced its shortlists, and just as always, there are so many stunning photos in the sel… [+4832 chars]
Ten years ago this week, two international collaborations of groups of scientists, including a large contingent from Caltech, confirmed that they had found conclusive evidence for the Higgs boson, an… [+8535 chars]
Global temperatures continue to rise, with melting glaciers everywhere sending more water into the oceans and land. Ancient permafrost has begun to soften and melt, opening up massive craters within … [+2930 chars]
Scientists who were surveying a catalog of gas clouds spotted something strange: five "blue blobs" composed of young blue stars in the Virgo galaxy cluster. Unusually, these stars were completely i… [+1980 chars]
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