New properties of perovskite solar cells
Researchers evaluated the prospects for their use in space Employees of the Department of Electrophysics at the Institute of Physics ...
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Powerful Tropical Cyclone Veronica eyes Australia’s Pilbara Coast
Credit: Credit: NASA/NOAA/UWM-CIMSS, William Straka III Tropical Cyclone Veronica continued to move toward Australia's Pilbara Coast in Western Australia. NASA-NOAA's ...
Conflict in space doesn’t always look like ‘Star Wars’
War in SpaceCredit: Springer Nature Switzerland AG Imagine driving on an unfamiliar route and suddenly your GPS navigation cuts out. ...
OSIRIS-REx spies on the weird, wild gravity of an asteroid
Research led by the University of Colorado Boulder is revealing the Alice in Wonderland-like physics that govern gravity near the ...
NASA’s Fermi Satellite clocks ‘cannonball’ pulsar speeding through space
New radio observations combined with 10 years of data from NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope have revealed a runaway pulsar ...
University of Luxembourg cooperates with ArianeGroup on rocket engine technology
Credit: Arianespace The University of Luxembourg and the European rocket manufacturer ArianeGroup have signed a collaboration agreement to advance research ...
Levitating objects with light
Nanoscale patterning could enable precise manipulation of objects on many scalesCredit: Courtesy of the Atwater laboratory Researchers at Caltech have ...
Superbugs have colonized the International Space Station — but there’s a silver lining
An antimicrobial coating made of precious metals reduced growth of bacteria on contamination-prone surfaces inside the ISS, where extreme conditions ...
Dormant viruses activate during spaceflight — NASA investigates
The stress of spaceflight gives viruses a holiday from immune surveillance, putting future deep-space missions in jeopardy Herpes viruses reactivate ...
Bernese Mars camera CaSSIS returns spectacular images
Credit: © ESA/Roscosmos/CaSSIS ExoMars is a space mission of the European Space Agency (ESA) in cooperation with the Russian space ...
At 3,836 mph, which way does the air flow?
University at Buffalo engineer laying groundwork for quieter, more efficient and safer supersonic flightCredit: James Chen/University at Buffalo BUFFALO, N.Y. ...
‘Radiance Light Trends’ shows changes in Earth’s light emissions
New web application allows anyone to analyze lighting trends observed by satellites since 1992Credit: GFZ Many scientific datasets from satellites ...
UCF research laying groundwork for off-world colonies
Space economy estimated at $1.1 trillion by 2040Credit: UCF: Karen Norum Before civilization can move off world it must make ...
2015-2016 El Niño triggered disease outbreaks across globe
The 2015-2016 El Niño event brought weather conditions that triggered regional disease outbreaks throughout the world, according to a new ...