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02/20/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Groundbreaking telescopes have now found more than 100 exoplanets in only 3 months

The doughty Kepler Space Telescope might have finally been put to sleep in October 2018, but its successor is picking up the pace. Working alongside ground-based counterparts, the TESS space observatory has spotted more than 100 new extrasolar planets in just three months. Per the report of the multi-national team of researchers who conducted the […]

02/20/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Scientists discover first synthetic material that THICKENS as it is stretched

After nearly four decades of hard work, researchers have finally been able to come up with an artificial material that does not get thinner when it is forced to stretch. Instead, it is the first synthetic that actually gets thicker thanks to the property of auxetic stretching. Auxetics are materials and structures that do the […]

02/18/2019 / By Edsel Cook

New artificial “robot nose” could soon replace dogs for sniffing out narcotics and explosives

That well-trained and fluffy K9 dog deployed by your local police or military unit might one day be replaced by an “electronic nose.” What’s more, that scent sensor will use living cells grown and harvested from mice genes – and just the DNA, mind you, no actual animals required. Researchers from Duke University (Duke) acquired the genes of mice that had been […]

02/16/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Newly-found star system in our galaxy could produce a gamma ray burst, one of the brightest events in the universe

We now have proof that there is a star system within the Milky Way galaxy that can give off a gamma ray burst when it finally dies in a couple of hundred thousand years or so — even if we will not be around to witness it finally going off like the massive nuclear firecracker it is. These […]

02/16/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Geological curiosity: Mars “blueberries” reveal what ancient Mars may have looked like

The “blueberries” of Mars are not the least bit organic, much less edible. But the small, ferrous spheres strewn across the surface of Mars could tell us about the Red Planet during the time when liquid water flowed across its young face. First discovered by NASA’s Opportunity rover in 2004, the hematite-rich geologic features look like […]

02/11/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Freezing pollution before it enters homes removes 99 percent of fumes, scientists say

British and Chinese researchers have come up with a cool idea to practically eliminate the amount of toxic fumes that we breathe in every day. They want to freeze air drawn from outdoors so that the polluting particles can be separated from the breathable gas. Only when the air is absolutely clean will it be […]

02/09/2019 / By Edsel Cook

“Jaw-dropping” method scans hormones, medications, and small molecules in as little as 30 minutes

California-based researchers announced that they found a much faster way to scan the 3D structures of certain small molecules. Their improved approach provides incredibly clear images of objects the size of certain hormones within a few hours or even just 30 minutes. They took an existing technique called micro-electron diffraction (MicroED) and adjusted it to work on molecules […]

02/06/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Astronomers find strong evidence of a frigid alien world just 6 light years away from the sun

Our Sun’s second closest neighboring star might not be alone, after all. A recent Spanish astronomical study theorized that a massive exoplanet is orbiting Barnard’s Star. The newly-discovered world is believed to be a frozen planet that is several times bigger than Earth. Named after an American astronomer, Barnard’s Star is a red dwarf star […]

02/06/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Engineers are developing a new class of nanofibers that mimic polar bear fur, lotus leaves, and gecko feet

A newly-engineered class of nanofibers will be able to copy the unique properties found in natural materials. Coatings made from these nanomaterials can match the warmth of the white fur of polar bears, repel water like the lotus plant, and stick to surfaces like the sure-footed geckos. The nanofibers are the creation of researchers from the University of […]

02/06/2019 / By Edsel Cook

Innovative method allows researchers to control magnetism, leading to better low-power technologies

American researchers announced a breakthrough in the manipulation of the magnetic properties of a microchip. Their new approach could solve long-standing physical problems that are preventing much-needed advances in computing, memory, and sensor technology. In the joint study between MIT and Brookhaven National Laboratory (Brookhaven), researchers demonstrated how they can alter the magnetic properties of a very thin material with just a little […]

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