NASA will dispatch a shoebox-sized satellite called the Compact Total Irradiance Monitor (CTIM) to measure the total solar irradiance, (TSI) or all the Earth-directed energy coming from the Sun. This… [+2746 chars]
Resonant state: the tetraneutron has been discovered at long last (Courtesy: Shutterstock/paul_june) A four-neutron particle called a tetraneutron, which forms very briefly as a resonance, has been … [+5185 chars]
GENEVA: Scientists working with the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have discovered three subatomic particles never seen before as they work to unlock the building blocks of the universe, the European nu… [+1186 chars]
Waste disposal: A process based on alternating magnetic fields could help process the mountains of medical waste produced during the coronavirus pandemic. (Courtesy: iStock/Snezhana Kudryavtseva) Al… [+4362 chars]
In a university swimming pool, scientists and their underwater cameras watch carefully as a coiled shell is released from a pair of metal tongs. The shell begins to move under its own power, giving t… [+6764 chars]
Rare, elliptical craters spotted on two of Saturn's moons reveal new clues about the satellites' age and formation, a new study shows. Using data from NASA's Cassini mission , researchers from the… [+3489 chars]
A lot of heat gets lost during the conversion of energy. Estimates even put it at more than 70%. However, in thermoelectric materials, such as those being studied at the Institute of Solid State Phys… [+4272 chars]
Ice is disappearing more quickly on Antarcticas Pine Island and Thwaites glaciers than at any time in the last few thousand years. Scientists came to this conclusion after reviewing ancient penguin b… [+6215 chars]
Although hurricanes are a result of global meteorological events, they have started to occur more regularly in Europe. The boundaries of differently shaped skyrmions (left) are found at coinciding p… [+3885 chars]
The European Space Agency (ESA) has released a strategy roadmap to take it into the 2030s and beyond. The publication comes on the eve of much-anticipated images from the James Webb Space Telescope,… [+2397 chars]
According to co-authors Robert Hazen and Shaunna Morrison, once mineral genesis is factored in, the number of mineral kinds — a newly-coined term — totals more than 10,500, a number about 75% greater… [+3777 chars]
Astronauts on space missions lasting longer than six months suffer decades' worth of bone loss, much of which could be irreversible, a new study has found. The finding may present a serious challenge… [+6362 chars]
