NASA's newest Mars rover may have successfully collected its first rock sample for return to Earth, after last month's attempt came up empty.
Space Exploration
Sep 2, 2021
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Grain boundaries are one of the most prominent defects in engineering materials separating different crystallites, which determine their strength, corrosion resistance and failure. Typically, these interfaces are regarded ...
Nanophysics
Mar 19, 2020
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On August 16, the Zwicky Transient Facility (ZTF), a robotic survey camera located at Palomar Observatory near San Diego, spotted an asteroid that had, just hours earlier, traveled only 1,830 miles (2,950 kilometers) above ...
Astronomy
Aug 19, 2020
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A research team from Osnabrück University and the Ozouga Chimpanzee Project has, for the first time, observed chimpanzees applying insects to their own wounds and the wounds of conspecifics. The new findings have been published ...
Plants & Animals
Feb 7, 2022
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The use of dirty coal as a heat source makes life tough in the Mongolian winter. ETH geophysicists are helping to develop geothermal energy as a clean alternative.
Environment
Apr 14, 2020
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In science fiction movies and television shows, real-life locations on Earth, such as California's Redwood National Forest and the Sahara Desert, have long been used to represent alien worlds. But recently, in a Star Trek-style ...
Astronomy
Dec 13, 2021
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NASA's SPHEREx space telescope has been tucked inside a custom-built chamber on and off for the past two months undergoing tests to prepare it for its two-year mission in space. SPHEREx, which stands for Spectro-Photometer ...
Astronomy
Sep 21, 2023
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Employees who are unwell only engage in presenteeism when they have not met their daily work goals, according to new research from Trinity College Dublin.
Social Sciences
Apr 26, 2022
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Just over 15 years since a couple of researchers in the U.K. used adhesive tape to isolate single atomic layers of carbon, known as graphene, from a chunk of graphite, their Nobel Prize-winning discovery has fueled a revolution ...
Nanomaterials
Mar 11, 2020
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The process of unearthing a dinosaur skeleton from the ground, bit by bit, is complicated yet incredibly rewarding. The ups and downs of the excavation process is something Annie McIntosh and Mark Powers know all about—the ...
Paleontology & Fossils
Nov 7, 2022
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