Deflecting an asteroid isn’t just a matter of smashing into it with a spacecraft. If the strike happens in the wrong place, it could nudge the space rock into a tiny gravitational “keyhole,” a Read More
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Bacteria made of mirror molecules could evade the immune system and outcompete native species, but strategies put in place now could prevent this outcome. Summary Scientists are exploring the possibility of creating synthetic life using Read More
Weak magnetic fields once exposed humans to radiation. People adapted with shelter, clothing, and mineral protection. Our first meeting was a bit awkward. One of us is an archaeologist who studies how past peoples interacted Read More
Technical University of Denmark – Department of Physics<br />Salary: Based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations Read more… Credits: jobs.ac.uk DisclaimerRead More
Technical University of Denmark – Department of Physics<br />Salary: Based on the collective agreement with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations Read more… Credits: jobs.ac.uk DisclaimerRead More
A cosmic jet aimed at Earth reveals how blazars hurl particles to extreme energies, solving a long-standing mystery. Key Points A glimpse into a galaxy’s core: Astronomers have captured a detailed image of the Read More
Featherweight flyers could ‘levitate’ above Earth indefinitely – New Study
Making use of an obscure physics effect to fly, devices could probe the upper atmosphere and explore Mars Summary Scientists are exploring the use of the “Biefeld-Brown effect,” a phenomenon involving asymmetric capacitors generating thrust, Read More
Glaciers, nature’s slow-moving sculptors, are reshaping our planet in ways we can now measure with unprecedented precision. Using machine learning to study 85% of the world’s modern glaciers, an international research team found that Read More
New study reveals surprising clues about the beginning of subduction
Subduction, a crucial geological process on Earth, may have begun hundreds of millions of years earlier than traditionally believed. Summary New research suggests that subduction, where one tectonic plate slides beneath another, could have started Read More
UMass Amherst microbiologist James Holden brings decades of expertise in rare microbes to a NASA mission searching for life on Jupiter’s icy moon, Europa. Popular culture often imagines alien life as small green beings Read More