Space Exploration
May 31, 2024
Space station research advances NASA's plans to explore the moon, Mars
Space, the saying goes, is hard. And the farther humans go, the harder it can get.
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Plants & Animals
May 31, 2024
Cougar leaps into backyard near future site of Annenberg Wildlife Crossing
While Peggy McClintick and wife Sally Tuchman slept, an unexpected visitor prowled in their Agoura Hills yard.
Astronomy
May 30, 2024
Travel through data from space in new 3D Instagram experiences
A new project provides special 3D "experiences" on Instagram using data from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and other telescopes through augmented reality (AR), allowing users to travel virtually through objects in space. ...
Political science
May 28, 2024
Algorithms could help improve judicial decisions
A new paper in the Quarterly Journal of Economics finds that replacing certain judicial decision-making functions with algorithms could improve outcomes for defendants by eliminating some of the systemic biases of judges.
Space Exploration
May 27, 2024
Starlinks can produce surprisingly bright flares for pilots
How can sunlight reflecting off SpaceX's Starlink satellites interfere with ground-based operations? This is what a study recently posted to the arXiv preprint server hopes to address as a pair of researchers investigate ...
Ecology
May 26, 2024
The secret is out: The world found the Owyhees—Advocates say it's time to protect the land
Just southwest of Boise lies one of the last vast swaths of solitude in the United States.
Condensed Matter
May 25, 2024
Charge your laptop in a minute? Supercapacitors can help; new research offers clues
Imagine if your dead laptop or phone could charge in a minute or if an electric car could be fully powered in 10 minutes.
Condensed Matter
May 23, 2024
Study identifies high-performance alternative to conventional ferroelectrics
Lighting a gas grill, getting an ultrasound, using an ultrasonic toothbrush—these actions involve the use of materials that can translate an electric voltage into a change in shape and vice versa.
Environment
May 23, 2024
Successful city parks make diverse communities feel safe and welcome—this Minnesota park is an example
What makes a city a good place to live? Practical features are important, such as well-maintained streets, good public transit and reliable trash collection. So are amenities that make cities attractive and interesting, such ...
General Physics
May 23, 2024
How a world record 'squeeze' could offer comfort for dark matter hunters
UNSW quantum engineers have developed a new amplifier that could help other scientists search for elusive dark matter particles.
