With mathematical models and estimates, coding know-how, and a small computer, three high school students from Portugal succeeded in an experiment to measure Earths magnetic field and pinpoint its po… [+4429 chars]
Whales are huge, but they live in an even larger environment -- the world's oceans. Researchers use a range of tools to study their whereabouts, including satellite tracking, aerial surveys, sighting… [+10088 chars]
A simple and versatile nanoparticle ink could help next-generation perovskite solar cells to be printed at scale and become the dominant force in commercial photovoltaics. Made from tin oxide, the i… [+3880 chars]
By firing lasers finer than a human hair at tiny grains of a mineral extracted from beach sand, Curtin researchers have found evidence of an almost four billion-year-old piece of the Earth's crust th… [+2867 chars]
The latest article published in the journal Additive Manufacturing presents a thorough review of the additive manufacturing processes of refractory metal tungsten and its alloys. Study: A review on … [+5506 chars]
A satellite the size of a microwave oven successfully broke free from its orbit around Earth on Monday and is headed toward the moon, the latest step in NASA's plan to land astronauts on the lunar su… [+2770 chars]
A mass extinction event about 202 million years ago that wiped out big reptiles of the time, coinciding with a series of sudden global chills, paved the way for dinosaurs to take over the planet, a n… [+642 chars]
Article body copy This article was originally published in bioGraphic, an independent magazine about nature and conservation powered by the California Academy of Sciences. The nautilus inhabited t… [+26172 chars]
The Royal Observatory Greenwich’s annual Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2022 competition has revealed this year’s shortlisted photos from all over the globe. Competition for the World’s Greatest… [+3320 chars]
MicroRNAs are useful in early cancer diagnosis and prognosis. Hence, developing miniaturized biosensors with high sensitivity for microRNAs is highly desirable. In an article published recently in th… [+6268 chars]
A team of researchers from the National University of Defense Technology, Hong Kong Polytechnic University and Karlsruhe Institute of Technology has developed a host of gear-based mechanical metamate… [+2668 chars]
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