Photo: Skull fragment, Homo erectus, by Commie cretan (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0]via Wikimedia Commons. Editor’s note: We’re thrilled to present a new series from geologist Casey Luskin who asks, “Do Fossils…
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Young star-forming complexes detected in galaxy NGC 4324
The image of NGC 4324 in combined colors taken from the SDSS survey, DR9. Credit: Ahn et al., 2012. Using the Caucasus Mountains Observatory, Russian astronomers studied a nearby lenticular galaxy known…
Science sleuths solve the century-old mystery of the discovery of a Martian meteorite
The four black Purdue University students that researchers have identified, one of whom may have picked up Lafayette. Clockwise from top left: Hermanze Edwin Fauntleroy, Clinton Edward Shaw, Julius Lee Morgan and…
Tangle-Enhanced Matter Wave Interferometer: Now with Double the Goosebumps!
A rendering of the entangled atoms in the interferometer. Credit: Steven Burrows, Thompson Group/JILA A team of JILA researchers has for the first time succeeded in combining two of the most “frightening”…
Head of the Hellenic Space Center outlines future challenges and new avenues of investigation | eKathimerini.com
Frozen moons, hot stars, the search for conditions favorable for life, exoplanets, galaxies moving away from each other as the universe expands, future journeys into the past of the universe, new expeditions….
Breaking an Optical Ruler – Engineers Manipulate Light at the Nanoscale
The materials could enable better control of light at the nanoscale, opening up new possibilities for display technologies. A formula developed by Rice engineers identifies materials for 3D displays and virtual reality….
New microscopic method helps study aero-optical effects of hypersonic vehicles
A study published in Aerospace proposed a method to study aero-optical effects in hypersonic vehicles based on the interaction between gas molecules and photons. This method can explain the energy dissipation and…
The frightening sound of the earth’s magnetic field
Apps 24/10/2022 108 views 0 love Although essential to life on Earth, the magnetic field is not something that we can actually see by itself, nor ever hear. But, remarkably, scientists at…
Transparent exposures using smartphones: KAIST develops an AR magic lens, WonderScope
WonderScope shows what’s beneath an object’s surface using augmented reality technology. – A KAIST research team led by Prof. Woohun Lee from the Department of Industrial Design and Prof. Geehyuk Lee from…
QUT Research in Focus: Meet the 2022 Finalists
The finalists of QUT’s annual Research in Focus multimedia competition once again creatively shed light on the university’s diverse research. Winners of the 2022 competition will be announced this Thursday during a…