Part 1 of this essay described the science, technology and history behind the fantastic images delivered by the James Webb Space Telescope. This second and concluding installment considers the theori… [+12211 chars]
Researchers at Aalto University's School of Electrical Engineering have developed a new approach to control the properties of a light beam. By using the handedness of the light beam, the technique ac… [+2480 chars]
A European satellite that has been scrambling to escape premature death in Earth's atmosphere due to bad space weather has narrowly avoided a collision with a random piece of space junk. The satell… [+2460 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope's first stunning images of the distant universe have been followed up by something a little closer to home. Data collected during the telescope's commissioning period,… [+3239 chars]
If chemists built cars, they'd fill a factory with car parts, set it on fire, and sift from the ashes pieces that now looked vaguely car-like. When you're dealing with car-parts the size of atoms, … [+3645 chars]
All the extra warmth of summer is also getting trapped in the Arctic Ocean, then released throughout the winter. The greatest warming in the Arctic is happening in winter, which maybe surprises peopl… [+4007 chars]
Using "single molecule magnetic tweezers," the researchers measured intracellular mechanical forces (< 10 pN) and experimented with them in the lab so they could determine what happens to talin wh… [+863 chars]
It's well known that proteins wiggle and move but how important is that function? It turns out the answer is very important. The way proteins engage with the right partner at the right time is crucia… [+1782 chars]
Particles can move as waves along different paths at the same timethis is one of the most important findings of quantum physics. A particularly impressive example is the neutron interferometer: neutr… [+5929 chars]
This article was originally published at The Conversation. (opens in new tab) The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Martin Bauer (opens in new t… [+7832 chars]
Jul 18 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith Mark Abbott expected to get a long-awaited view of the previous 160,000 years of climate change when he and his colleagues extracted a 300-foot-long core of mud fro… [+4487 chars]
Fortunella Swingle (Rutaceae) is an evergreen shrub or small tree distributed in Southeast Asia. China has the most abundant distribution of this genus, and all species are concentrated in China. The… [+3325 chars]
