NASA is launching a prototype instrument that could make it easier to monitor volcanic activity and air quality. Perched aboard a CubeSat about 300 miles (480 kilometers) above Earth's surface, the "Nanosat Atmospheric Chemistry ...
Space Exploration
Feb 22, 2022
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In a new study, North Carolina State University researchers found a way to improve the energy efficiency of part of the process for making carbon fiber—a strong material sometimes used in place of steel to make lighter ...
Polymers
Jan 31, 2022
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In the heavens above, it's raining dirt.
Astronomy
Oct 21, 2021
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Usually, the individuals of a population of marine species that have the potential to disperse over long distances all share a similar genetic composition. Yet every now and then, at small, localized sites, small groups of ...
Plants & Animals
Sep 13, 2021
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In efforts to fight obesity and enhance drug absorption, scientists have extensively studied how gastric juices in the stomach break down ingested food and other substances. However, less is known about how the complex flow ...
Soft Matter
Aug 3, 2021
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If you take a bucket of water balloons and jostle one of them, the neighboring balloons will respond as well. This is a scaled-up example of how collections of cells and other deformable particle packings respond to forces. ...
General Physics
Jun 2, 2021
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Through a unique combination of computer simulations and laboratory experiments, researchers at the Paul Scherrer Institute (PSI) have discovered new binding sites for active agents—against cancer, for example—on a vital ...
Biochemistry
May 6, 2021
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In the arid Mojave Desert, small burrowing mammals like the cactus mouse, the kangaroo rat and the white-tailed antelope squirrel are weathering the hotter, drier conditions triggered by climate change much better than their ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 4, 2021
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The Southern Ocean is a vast band of open water that encircles the entire planet between Antarctica and the Southern Hemisphere landmasses. It is the cloudiest place on Earth, and the amount of sunlight that reflects off ...
Earth Sciences
Jun 19, 2020
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Lithium-ion batteries lose their juice over time, causing scientists and engineer to work hard to understand that process in detail. Now, scientists at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory have ...
Materials Science
May 8, 2020
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