Surprise, Surprise: Subsurface Water On Mars Defies Expectations
Physics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments. A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has uncovered a couple…
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Hubble Sees Red Supergiant Star Betelgeuse Recovering After Never-Seen-Before Titanic Eruption
Monster Star Had Never-Seen-Before Titanic Eruption Betelgeuse, a red supergiant star, appears as a brilliant, ruby-red, twinkling spot of light in the upper right shoulder…
Large Dinosaur Predators – Such As T. rex – Evolved Different Eye Socket Shapes To Allow Stronger Bites
According to new research, large dinosaur predators, such as Tyrannosaurus rex, evolved different shapes of eye sockets to better deal with high bite forces. While…
Research Shows Salt Substitutes Lower Risk of Heart Attack/Stroke and Death
Researchers say beneficial effects likely to apply to people everywhere. According to a pooled data analysis of the available evidence, dietary salt substitutes lower the…
Massive New Deep-Sea Isopod Discovered in the Gulf of Mexico – 2,500% Larger Than Common Woodlice
A massive, ‘creamy yellow’ relative of Woodlouse was found living at a depth of around 600 to 800 meters (2,000 to 2,600 feet), off the…
Astronomers May Have Discovered the Youngest Planet Ever Detected in Our Galaxy
ALMA Makes First-Ever Detection of Gas in a Circumplanetary Disk Astronomers using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to study planet formation have made the…
B Vitamins May Be Inexpensive Treatment for Advanced Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease
Singapore scientists find hyperhomocysteinemia strongly correlates with the severity of non-alcoholic steatohepatitis. Scientists at Duke-NUS Medical School, Singapore, have discovered that elevated blood levels of…
First of NASA’s SunRISE Satellites Complete – Will Track Hazardous Explosive Space Weather Events
Six of these tiny satellites will work together, creating the largest radio telescope ever launched to detect and track hazardous explosive space weather events. Constructing…
Surprising Behavior: Sponges “Sneeze” To Dispose of Waste, Spewing Mucus Into the Sea
Sponges are among the oldest creatures on Earth and play an essential role in many underwater ecosystems. New research finds that sponges ‘sneeze’ to clear…
Georgia Tech Researchers Defy Standard Laws of Physics
Robotic Motion in Curved Space Defies Standard Laws of Physics When humans, animals, and machines move throughout the world, they always push against something, such…
8 Proven Ways to Strengthen Your Immune System
Strengthening your immune system can help reduce your frequency of catching colds, and even reduce their severity. There are tons of supplements marketed as immune…
Caltech’s New Optical Switch Could Lead to Ultrafast Signal Processing
Engineers at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) have developed a switch—one of the most fundamental components of computing—using optical, rather than electronic, components. This…
Small Molecule Developed That Makes Immunotherapy Available to All Cancer Patients
A small molecule that could be a more accessible and effective alternative to an antibody that is successfully used to treat a range of cancers…
Unraveling the Mysteries of “Gigantic Jet” Lightning Bursts That Reach 50 Miles Into Space
New information about an elusive atmospheric phenomenon known as gigantic jets has been uncovered by a detailed 3D study of a massive electrical discharge that…
Reversing Paralysis: “Dancing Molecules” Can Fix Spinal Cord Injuries
Following a novel treatment developed with the help of the Advanced Photon Source, paralyzed mice can now “walk” once again. The Science Behind the Treatment…
NASA’s Lunar IceCube – Moon-Observing CubeSat Ready for Artemis Launch
Lunar IceCube, NASA’s water-scouting CubeSat, is now poised to hitch a ride to lunar orbit. Although it is not much bigger than a shoe box,…
Powerful Radio Pulses Originating Deep in the Cosmos Probe Hidden Matter Around Galaxies
Powerful cosmic radio pulses originating deep in the universe can be used to study hidden pools of gas cocooning nearby galaxies, according to a new…
World’s Fastest 2-Qubit Gate: Breakthrough for the Realization of Ultrafast Quantum Computers
A research team succeeded in executing the world’s fastest two-qubit gate (a fundamental arithmetic element essential for quantum computing) using a completely new method of…
