The scorching hot exoplanet WASP-121b may not be shredding any heavy metal guitar riffs, but it is sending heavy metals such as iron and magnesium into space. The distant planet's atmosphere is so hot that metal is vaporizing and escaping the planet's ...
Gamma-ray bursts, short and intense flashes of energetic radiation coming from outer space, are the brightest explosions in the universe. As gamma rays are blocked by the atmosphere, the bursts were discovered accidentally in the late sixties by the Vela ...
The "wonder material" known as graphene continues to prove its merits in unexpected ways as scientists and engineers experiment with new applications. In an accidental discovery at Stanford, graphene exhibited a magnetic property that was previously ...
Computing--"Seeing" in real time. Oak Ridge National Laboratory is training next-generation cameras called dynamic vision sensors, or DVS, to interpret live information--a capability that has applications in robotics and could improve autonomous vehicle ...
Life on earth couldn't be possible without the sun. It provides us energy and light which we need in order to survive and to live. However, since the sun is also a star, it is expected that in a matter of time it will come to its end. In this regard, what things should ...
Microplastic pollution is becoming a serious problem worldwide and is dangerous for both aquatic life and human health. Few solutions to treat this problem currently exist, but researchers in Australia have now developed an environmentally friendly ...
One year ago this month, NASA's Parker Solar Probe launched from Cape Canaveral in Florida on a mission to the center of the solar system. Passing closer to the Sun than any mission before it, the spacecraft is now taking the first in situ measurements of ...
Eliminate sweat stink locked in your gym clothes. Orangetheory. It isn't a sure-fire way to make your sweaty gym clothes smell like roses, but a new fabric might be able to give off a pleasant lemony aroma at the very least. Processes already exist to embed ...
A man living with Parkinson's disease believes playing the piano has slowed the disease's effects on his body. Derick Davies, 74, was diagnosed with the progressive neurological disorder in 2008 and experienced tremors for a number of years. But since ...
Whether it is oil gushing through pipelines or blood circulating through arteries, how liquids flow through tubes is perhaps the most fundamental problem in hydrodynamics. The challenge is to maximize transport efficiency by minimizing the loss of energy to ...
Personalized method could help diagnose individual vision problems and enhance studies of color perception. WASHINGTON – Researchers report a new imaging system that cancels the chromatic optical aberrations present in a specific person's eye, ...
Quarter-sized hail stones fell during severe thunderstorms Wednesday across New Hampshire, including in Newmarket. Yikes! Advertisement. In the video above, watch as hail stones pelt a homeowner's deck. Recommended. Pooch party: Dog bar ...
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