Fast radio bursts reveal that the universe’s ‘missing matter’ is found far from galaxies – Physics World
Fast radio bursts reveal that the universe’s ‘missing matter’ is found far from galaxies – Physics World Skip…
A polar bear destroyed almost an entire seabird colony in Alaska; scientists say changing food habits may explain why | World News
Female polar bear near Kaktovik, Barter Island, Alaska. Image Credit: Alan Wilson/Wikipedia A single polar bear destroyed 89%…
Multi-responsive foldamer gel platform opens new route to controlled drug delivery
Scientists at the University of Birmingham have developed a responsive material that could offer a new approach to…
In the 1950s, Japan imported American turtles as pets and released adults, which later spread through waterways and may have competed with native turtles | World News
Green turtle (Chelonia mydas), Hawai’i, USA. Image credits: Wikimedia Commons In the postwar decades, a small turtle native…
Closest black hole to Earth is Gaia BH1, 1,600 lightyears
The closest black hole to Earth is a stellar mass black hole just 1,600 lightyears away called Gaia…
CERN, where scientists smash particles at nearly the speed of light, has a 2-metre Shiva Nataraja statue outside; why India gifted the cosmic dancer to the physics lab in 2004
Lord Shiva Statue Unveiled (CERN official) For those who don’t know, CERN is Conseil Européen pour la Recherche…
In 1994, a Cheetah scientist began giving African farmers guard dogs; livestock losses fell by as much as 80–100%, reducing pressure to kill predators | World News
The representation shows a livestock-guarding dog protecting a herd of sheep and goats on a Namibian farm, illustrating…
New Tantalum Process Could Ease Manufacturing of Superconducting Quantum Chips
Insider Brief Cornell researchers developed a krypton-based sputtering process that deposits high-quality superconducting tantalum films on silicon at…
Arctic Iceberg Drones Turn Sheer Ice Into Landing Pads
This article is part of our exclusive IEEE Journal Watch series in partnership with IEEE Xplore. Microspines are…
NASA’s Dragonfly rotorcraft will launch on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy in July 2028 and spend six and a half years crossing the solar system to land on a moon that has weather, seasons, rivers and seas — with methane and ethane flowing across its surface instead of water.
In July 2028, if the current schedule holds, a SpaceX Falcon Heavy will rise from the same Florida…
In the late 1990s, tree frogs apparently reached the Galápagos in cargo; hundreds of thousands now occupy islands that had no native amphibians |
A green tree frog resting on the forest floor. Credits – Wikimedia Commons In the late 1990s, a…
NASA, European Space Agency astronauts conduct spacewalk to replace antenna
This screenshot taken from a video released by NASA shows NASA astronaut Anil Menon and European Space Agency…