In the Southern Ocean near Antarctica, deep-ocean water upwells to the surface, where it releases carbon dioxide that entered the ocean prior to the Industrial Revolution. This process is a key compo… [+2742 chars]
Scientists at the University of Lisbon have used electron beams in a plasma reactor that astronauts could leverage to produce oxygen on the Red Planet. Vasco Guerra at the University of Lisbon, Por… [+2747 chars]
The University of Michigan in Ann Arbor said on Wednesday that a document that it believed was authored by Italian astronomer and physicist Galileo Galilei in the 17th century is in fact a 20th-centu… [+2117 chars]
The analysis of low-intensity human-caused microearthquakes, including their magnitude and frequency, has become an important factor in mining. This is a consideration not only for the safety of mini… [+3033 chars]
NASA's Artemis I Moon rocket sits on the launch pad at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on June 15, 2022. (EVA MARIE UZCATEGUI/AFP via Getty Images) Through NASA's long-awaited … [+754 chars]
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Dinosaurs are roaming free in a new special edition of Future Genius (opens in new tab) dedicated to the largest reptiles to ever roam the Earth. From the makers of How It Works magazine (opens… [+3204 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope is using infrared light to reveal otherwise invisible aspects of the universe -- and capturing stunning imagery in the process. Among the wonders it's discovering and … [+2578 chars]
Flexible electronics have enabled the design of sensors, actuators, microfluidics and electronics on flexible, conformal and/or stretchable sublayers for wearable, implantable or ingestible applicati… [+3576 chars]
A robust nanofiltration membrane that acts as a highly effective molecular sieve can avoid many of the problems with current polymer membranes. Filtration plays a crucial role in many industries, ra… [+3276 chars]
The harder you hit something -- a ball, a walnut, a geode -- the more likely it is to break open. Or, if not break open, at least lose a little bit of its structural integrity, the way baseball playe… [+2722 chars]
The immune system of vertebrates is a powerful weapon against external pathogens and cancerous cells. T cells play a curcial role in this context. They carry a special receptor called the T-cell rece… [+3734 chars]
