Visualizing debris disk ‘roller derby’ to understand planetary system evolution
Credit: Erika Nesvold Washington, DC -- When planets first begin to form, the aftermath of the process leaves a ring of rocky and icy material...
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Relativistic electrons uncovered with NASA’s Van Allen probes
Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Tom Bridgman Earth's radiation belts, two doughnut-shaped regions of charged particles encircling our planet, were discovered more than 50 years..
NASA’s webb telescope ghostly ‘lights out’ inspection
Credit: Image Credit: NASA/Chris Gunn What happens when the lights are turned out in the enormous clean room that currently houses NASA's James Webb Space...
World-first surveillance strategy shaped by Stirling expertise
Credit: University of Stirling The operation of surveillance cameras is the subject of a new UK strategy, shaped by a University of Stirling privacy expert....
Quantum movement of electrons in atomic layers shows potential of materials for ele
Credit: Frank Ceballos | University of Kansas LAWRENCE - Common sense might dictate that for an object to move from one point to another, it...
Mapping the effects of crystal defects
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. -- New research offers insights into how crystal dislocations -- a common type of defect in materials -- can affect electrical and heat...
Biochemists develop new way to control cell biology with light
Credit: Robert Campbell Researchers at the University of Alberta have developed a new method of controlling biology at the cellular level using light. The tool--called...
Quantum key system could make mobile transactions far more secure
Credit: Iris Choi, Oxford University WASHINGTON -- With the growing popularity of mobile phone apps to pay for purchases at cash registers and gas pumps,...
Protostar blazes bright, reshaping its stellar nursery
Credit: ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO), T. Hunter; C. Brogan, B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); GLIMPSE, NASA/JPL-Caltech A massive protostar, deeply nestled in its dust-filled stellar nursery, recently roared to...
When the sea ice melts, juvenile polar cod may go hungry
Polar cod fulfil a key role in the Arctic food web, as they are a major source of food for seals, whales and seabirds alike....
Civil society participation key in international forestry programs in Laos
The participation of civil society organisations in the international REDD+ programmes seeking to reduce deforestation, forest degradation and CO² emissions could play a key role...
Some bed bugs are better climbers than others
Credit: Journal of Economic Entomology Annapolis, MD; March 8, 2017 -- Not all bed bugs are created equal, and some of the leading bed bug...
Using lasers to create ultra-short pulses
Physicists at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) have entered new territory with regard to the pulsing of electron beams. Their method could soon be used to...
Drug combination delivered by nanoparticles may help in melanoma treatment
The first of a new class of medication that delivers a combination of drugs by nanoparticle may keep melanoma from becoming resistant to treatment, according...
Killer spirals offer wild ride
Credit: Springer International Publishing AG Øyvind Hammer was first seduced by the spiral's charms 20 years ago while studying fossils and with his new book...
