In addition to their revered status, diamonds have an extraordinary geological backstory unlike any other material found on earth. A pervasive myth about how natural diamonds are formed is that they … [+3982 chars]
Keeping astronauts breathing aboard the International Space Station (ISS) and other space vehicles is a complicated and costly process. An international team of scientists have proposed a potentially… [+2273 chars]
A simple statistical test shows that contrary to current practice, the "gaps" within DNA protein and sequence alignments commonly used in evolutionary biology can provide important information about … [+4196 chars]
The discovery, published in the journal Science Advances, adds to the already strong constraints on the currently favoured "Giant Impact" theory that hypothesises the Moon was formed by a massive col… [+3657 chars]
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It is not yet perceptible to the eye, but the length of days on Earth is getting longer. According to astronomical clocks, very different from those of our mobile phones, the days are slowly getting … [+3202 chars]
Montreal [Canada]: Researchers found out that utilising ultrasonic waves and bubbles, they can adjust the stickiness of adhesive bandages. This innovation could pave the way for further breakthroughs… [+2132 chars]
With the search for signs of life already in progress on Mars, NASA is now expanding its reach to the outer solar system. For that, the agency has planned a new mission named Dragonfly which would ex… [+2045 chars]
South Korea launched its first robotic mission to the Moon last week, as a SpaceX Falcon 9 successfully launched the Danuri Lunar Pathfinder mission on August 4, 2022, from Floridas Cape Canaveral … [+2320 chars]
In a series of experiments on lanthanum superhydride with impurities, researchers from Skoltech, Lebedev Physical Institute of RAS and their colleagues from the United States, Germany and Japan, have… [+5095 chars]
"It has an unusually high amount of stars being born and has been used by astronomers as a laboratory to better understand the fascinating phenomena of star formation," the ESO explains. An example … [+756 chars]
High resolution, high sensitivity measurements of adhesion forces can potentially transform many applications. A newly developed Fiber-Tip Microforce Sensor (FTMS) by Professor Yiping Wang and collea… [+5583 chars]
