On 23 December 2021, Copernicus Sentinel-1B experienced an anomaly related to the instrument electronics power supply provided by the satellite platform, leaving it unable to deliver radar data. Sinc… [+6788 chars]
Paleontologists still debate a number of fundamental questions about dinosaurs. What did they look like? Did they survive freezing winters? How did some survive so many mass-extinction events that se… [+482 chars]
Tiny crystals, known as quantum dots, have enabled an international team to achieve a quantum efficiency exceeding 100 percent in the photocurrent generated in a hybrid inorganic-organic semiconducto… [+3189 chars]
Manipulating solid particles of a few micrometers in size using an electric field has been of great interest to physicists. These controllable particles can be assembled into dynamic chains that can … [+5462 chars]
Its sunburn season. Many of us have experienced the pain and peeling that comes from unprotected time in the sun, but we may not focus on a remarkable and vital part of the process: the regeneration … [+5006 chars]
A team of physicists from UNLVs Nevada Extreme Conditions Lab (NEXCL) used a diamond anvil cell, a research device similar to the one pictured, in their research to lower the pressure needed to obser… [+5333 chars]
A SpaceX rocket will heft South Korea's first moon mission into space today, and you can watch the event live. The Korea Pathfinder Lunar Orbiter (KPLO) mission is scheduled to launch at 7:08 p.m. E… [+2326 chars]
Spotting planet killer asteroids in time will be the difference between saving the Earth or letting it be destroyed. However, there are more asteroids in the solar system itself that we do not know a… [+2188 chars]
Recent discoveries of mammoth bones and “ghost” footprints left behind by ancient peoples are adding fuel to a scientific debate over whether the first humans to reach North America may have come muc… [+5424 chars]
Want a surface that won't get wet? Grab some sandpaper. Rice University researchers have developed a simple method to make surfaces superhydrophobicthat is, very water-repellantwithout the chemicals… [+6130 chars]
A research team led by André Marques at the Max Planck Institute for Plant Breeding Research in Cologne, Germany, has uncovered the profound effects of an atypical mode of chromosome arrangement on g… [+5412 chars]
In 2014, an object crashed into the ocean just off the coast of Papua New Guinea. Data collected at the time indicated that the meteorite just might be an interstellar object, and if that's true, the… [+5206 chars]
