Mice, Humans Share Similar Odor Detection Abilities
CHICAGO — Picture a mouse taking rapid, staccato sniffs of a crumb it’s found while foraging for food.…
After heat wave: Wildfires ravage southern France
Several wildfires scorched southern France on Thursday after weeks of dry weather and record-high temperatures during the recent…
Over six days in July of 1994, 21 fragments of a comet named Shoemaker-Levy 9 crashed one after another into the atmosphere of Jupiter as telescopes across the world watched — the first time in recorded history that human beings had ever directly observed a collision between two bodies in the solar system
The first time human beings ever watched two objects hit each other in space was in July 1994,…
Spin-photon qubits for scalable quantum network
Lodahl, P. Scaling up solid-state quantum photonics. Science 362, 646–646, https://doi.org/10.1126/science.aav3076 (2018). Article ADS Google Scholar Chanelière, T.…
As America turns 250, a Montana tribe holds a ceremony for its buffalo
ROCKY BOY’S RESERVATION, Mont. — In the remote reaches of north-central Montana, where the wide-open grasslands give way…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover is Investigating Unusual Polygon Structures That Look Like a “Giant Martian Honeycomb”
An unusual discovery on the Red Planet has revealed an odd-looking series of polygon-shaped structures, documented in new…
Simple water trick slashes diesel engine pollution by over 60%
Diesel engines power everything from freight trucks and farm equipment to generators and industrial machinery. They are valued…
1 private spacecraft intercepts another on Space Force’s groundbreaking ‘Victus Haze’ mission
A U.S. Space Force mission pitting two satellites against each other has been deemed a success, completing its…
Scientists Just Found a Smiling “Happy-Face” Spider in the Himalayas
Cephalothorax of female holotype of T. himalayana sp. nov. Credit: Devi Priyadarshini and Ashirwad Tripathy For more than…
New synthetic grafting material kills bone cancer and regenerates bone
Primary bone tumors, such as osteosarcoma, have seen stagnant survival rates over the past four decades. Surgical removal…
New PV module recycling tech achieves 97.75% silicon recovery for electrode production
A research team in India has developed a novel recycling process to recover silicon and native silica (SiO₂)…
Celebrate America 250 with the Estes Liberty Star model rocket
Aside from fireworks, what better way to celebrate 250 years of independence than by launching your own model…