During cancer progression, solid tumors typically develop regions with limited access to nutrients and oxygen. The abnormal structure of blood vessels and high rate of tumor growth cause the cells si… [+3870 chars]
European nuclear research center CERN has carried out the third run of its Large Hadron Collider on July 5, smashing protons into each other at an unprecedented energy level. The LHC, is worlds large… [+1808 chars]
Around 4.4 billion years ago, the early solar system resembled a game of space rock dodgeball, as massive asteroids and comets, and, later, smaller rocks and galactic debris pummeled the moon and oth… [+5899 chars]
There's been a lot of trash-talking about the International Space Station (ISS) recently. Roughly 172 pounds (78 kilograms) of garbage was ejected in a specialized trash bag from the station's comme… [+2610 chars]
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Rapid bursts of radio waves that originate millions to billions of light-years away from Earth could be used as probes to investigate halos of difficult-to-see diffuse gas surrounding nearby galaxies… [+4088 chars]
Yikes! Cosmic Collapse Have you ever indulged the depths of your intrusive thoughts and wondered how the universe is going to smash and chew up our little planet over billions of years? Well, that… [+2198 chars]
Two sounding rockets are launching from Australia this month, carrying experiments designed to measure whether the ultraviolet light coming from the stars of the Alpha Centauri system could be harmfu… [+4852 chars]
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Dr. Jessica Watkins is a NASA astronaut, planetary geologist, and lead author of a recent manuscript accepted for publication in JGR: Planets, entitled Burial and exhumation of sedimentary rocks reve… [+4902 chars]
FP ExplainersJul 07, 2022 14:03:41 IST Ten years after the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) enabled scientists to find the elusive God particle or Higgs Boson, it was fired up once again, a third time, o… [+4237 chars]
Vijay Suddala is only 18 years old, but he's already creating impressive imagery of the Moon. And perhaps the most remarkable thing is that, for the most part, he only uses his phone to do so. By pai… [+2454 chars]
