Newswise — KINGSTON, R.I. – Aug. 10, 2022 – Over the next three years, three University of Rhode Island researchers are hoping to broaden the scientific understanding of methane emission dynamics in … [+7341 chars]
NASA's Perseverance rover has captured a mysterious, stringlike material on the surface of Mars. Turns out – it was likely just trash discarded there by the rover itself. In a blog post last week b… [+1664 chars]
A team of scientists from Georgia Tech say they've built a robot that can move without anything to push against - a discovery that seems to violate the law of conservation momentum. The researchers… [+3897 chars]
by Birgit Kinkeldey, Zentrum für angewandte Raumfahrttechnologie und Mikrogravitation (ZARM) An international research team led by ZARM scientist Dr. Cyprien Verseux has identified a cyanobacteria su… [+4938 chars]
Achoo! Sneezing isn't just for landlubbers. Researchers have determined that sea sponges, multicellular organisms that live on the ocean floor, "sneeze" mucus to clear waste from their feeding system… [+2174 chars]
A new study has corrected the work of Erwin Schrödinger after an error was found in the famed physicists 3D math that describes how eyes distinguish one color from another. A research team at Los Al… [+2442 chars]
BUENOS AIRES: Paleontologists on Thursday (Aug 11) heralded the discovery of a previously unknown small armored dinosaur in southern Argentina, a creature that likely walked upright on its back legs … [+1305 chars]
More than 5,000 planets exist beyond our solar system, according to NASA, and this week astronomers announced they may have discovered the youngest one so far. Scientists using the Atacama Large Mil… [+3083 chars]
Every year, the Perseid meteor shower, or the Perseids, greets Earth from mid-July to late August. The peak shower will be around August 13 this year, according to the Beijing Planetarium. The Pers… [+1716 chars]
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Astronomers have long sought the launch sites for some of the highest-energy protons in our galaxy. Now a study using 12 years of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope confirms that one su… [+4223 chars]
The star Betelgeuse appears as a brilliant, ruby-red, twinkling spot of light in the upper right shoulder of the winter constellation Orion the Hunter. But when viewed close up, astronomers know it a… [+5815 chars]
