New Magnetic Rocket Thruster Concept Could Propel Astronauts To Mars
Travel to Mars may get boost from thruster idea Thrusters propelled by magnetic fields could help astronauts travel to Mars and other planets [...]
Progress in the Fight Against Plastics Pollution
Robotic plastics sorting research awarded $2M grant The National Science Foundation has awarded the University at Buffalo a $2 million grant to develop [...]
The Mantis Shrimp Inspires a New Material—Made by Bacteria
By 3D-printing scaffolds and dipping them in microbe juice, scientists make robust structures that could one day lead to self-growing roads. Researchers develop [...]
Unprecedented Footage Reveals the Bizarre Inner Workings of a Beehive
Video shows daily life inside a beehive (Pixabay) The everyday lives of European honeybees inside their hives have been captured on video, revealing [...]
One Million Year Old Twigs and Leaves Unfurled When Hydrated
Plant fossils suggest Greenland was once ice-free Fossilized plant matter brought up from deep below the Greenland Ice Sheet in 1966 has been [...]
A New View of Black Hole in Polarized Light
An actual photo of a black hole in polarized light which cancels glare to improve details. Note the signature of magnetic fields at [...]
Luminescent Sharks Found Off New Zealand
3 sharks found off New Zealand glow in the dark Kitefin sharks, blackbelly lanternsharks and southern lanternsharks living deep in the ocean off [...]
One Million Year Old Twigs and Leaves Unfurled When Hydrated
Plant fossils suggest Greenland was once ice-free Fossilized plant matter brought up from deep below the Greenland Ice Sheet in 1966 has been [...]
Scientists Want to Store DNA of 6.7 Million Species on the Moon (just in case)
Storing 6.7M species' DNA on moon proposed Researchers at the IEEE Aerospace Conference proposed storing a bank of DNA from 6.7 million species [...]
Scientists Unlock Mysteries of World’s Oldest ‘Computer
Researchers simulate inner workings of ancient device Scientists are figuring out how a bronze device dating back approximately 2,000 years may have worked [...]