A professor at RUDN has proposed a method for fabricating porous silicon nanostructures that are confined to a certain area. As a result, it will be easier to construct silicon substrates with neuron… [+2779 chars]
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of three new 'exotic particles' that could help to explain how our universe was formed. The new structures exist for just a hundr… [+9039 chars]
Earths oceans are one huge, uniform electrolyte solution. They contain salt (sodium chloride) and other nutrients like magnesium, sulfate, and calcium. We cant survive without electrolytes, and lif… [+8549 chars]
Following two years of upgrades, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is almost ready for its next operating run, which is set to begin in March 2023. During this fourth o… [+3709 chars]
Researchers at the University of Cologne and Masaryk University in Brno (Czech Republic) have discovered the fastest known star, which travels around a black hole in record time. The star, S4716, orb… [+2727 chars]
NanoAvionics sent a satellite into space with a selfie stick attached to a GoPro, which then transmitted back the world’s first spacecraft selfie in 4K. A GoPro Hero 7 was used to take the stunning… [+2622 chars]
Nasa has recently announced USD 600,000 (£495,000) in funding for a study into the feasibility of sending swarms of miniature swimming robots (known as independent micro-swimmers) to explore oceans b… [+4466 chars]
Kamptozoa and Bryozoa are two groups of aquatic invertebrates related to clams, earthworms and leeches. Evolutionary biologists did not have an understanding of their precise position in the tree of … [+2023 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]
Scientists from the Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives at Osaka University discovered a new feature of solar cells made from antimony sulfiodide:sulfide composite, which th… [+3678 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]
NASA has unveiled a new small satellite which will measure the inbound solar radiation to improve its understanding of how the sun affects weather on Earth. Already launched on July 2 aboard STP-28A,… [+1957 chars]
