Illustration of the concept of research robots that could bring samples of Martian rocks to terrestrial laboratories. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Hidden in the minerals and textures that make up rocks are clues to…
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The Perseverance rover collects rock samples from Mars to bring them back to Earth
Illustration of the concept of research robots that could bring samples of Martian rocks to terrestrial laboratories. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech Hidden in the minerals and textures that make up rocks are clues to…
How a Bacterial Cellulose Separator Can Help Lithium-Sulfur Batteries
A team of researchers recently published an article in the journal Advanced Material Interfaces who demonstrated the advantageous characteristics of bacterial cellulose (BC)-based separators in lithium-sulfur (Li-S) battery applications. Study: Understand the…
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Andrea Moneo-Corcuera isolating molecular memory. Credit: ICIQ A new paradigm has emerged at ICIQ, demonstrating that thermal hysteresis is maintained at the level of individual molecules in liquid solution. It has been…
Study sheds more light on star formation history and structure of IC 1396
WISE W4 image (22.19 µm) of the IC 1396 HII region. The BRCs are labeled with their names. Credit: Pelayo-Baldárrago et al, 2022 Using various telescopes, an international team of astronomers studied…
NASA has a life detection instrument ready to fly to Europa or Enceladus
NASA scientists have developed a new device designed to autonomously detect life in aqueous plumes blasted into space from icy moons like Enceladus and possibly Europa. Saturnthe moon Enceladus and Jupiterthe moon…
The chilling science of reanimating undead spores
Here is a scary riddle: is a spore alive or dead? Gürol Süel, a biologist at the University of California at San Diego, would not blame you if you voted for death:…
NASA seeks origin of ‘weird’ fast-rotating dwarf planet Haumea
The origins of a dwarf planet that lurks on the outskirts of the solar system and has become one of its strangest objects have perhaps been revealed by NASA scientists. haumea is…
NASA spots 50 methane super-emitters on Earth
A plume of dust over the eastern Mediterranean. Photo: NASA A powerful eye in the sky has helped scientists from the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) detect methane in the…
Ancient snail from 99 million years ago discovered with hair growing out of its shell
A snail preserved in amber with an intact fringe of tiny, delicate hairs along its shell is helping biologists better understand why one of the world’s slimiest animals could develop such a…