[ad_1] Written by AZoMNovember 20, 2020 Stockholm University scientists used X-ray lasers and successfully studied the transformation between two different liquid states of water (H.2O), both being composed of H.2Or molecules. Image Credit: Vladimir Nenezic / Shutterstock.com At a temperature of about −63 ° C, both liquids occur at distinct …
Read More »Probable star merger behind mysterious ‘Blue Ring Nebula’
[ad_1] Share this Article You are free to share this article under the Attribution 4.0 International license. Astronomers may have finally solved the case of the unusual gas blob that has baffled researchers for more than 16 years. The researchers applied cutting-edge theoretical models to the smattering of data collected …
Read More »A solar-powered rocket could be our ticket to interstellar space
[ad_1] If Jason Benkoski he’s right, the path to interstellar space begins in a shipping container hidden behind a high bay at the lab in Maryland. The set-up looks like something out of a low-cost science fiction film: one wall of the container is lined with thousands of LEDs, an …
Read More »The Arecibo Observatory will be shut down, says the US National Science Foundation – Physics World
[ad_1] The Arecibo Observatory will be shut down, says the US National Science Foundation – Physics World Skip to main content More Toggle Menu MENU Open the search dialog Close the search menu Learn more from Physics World Copyright © 2020 by IOP Publishing Ltd and individual contributors bright-rec pub …
Read More »What does a “superspreader” look like? Scientists Identify Physical Characteristics That Could Increase Covid-19 Transmission – RT World News
[ad_1] Researchers in the United States say they have identified specific physiological features that can increase the spread of airborne pathogens, such as the coronavirus. A team of scientists from the University of Central Florida’s Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering combined 3D modeling with numerical simulations to digitally recreate …
Read More »Human genes are inserted into the monkey brains and expand the neocortex
[ad_1] Scientists inserted a human gene into the monkeys’ brains to make them bigger and more wrinkled in puzzling laboratory experiments. Experts found that inserting the gene, called ARHGAP11B, resulted in a larger neocortex in the fetus than a common marmoset. The neocortex is the deeply grooved outer layer of …
Read More »Chromosomes don’t look like you think they do
[ad_1] Chromosomes are tall, narrow, mostly X-shaped forms. This is what is taught at the school level of biology and chemistry. However, a team of researchers from Xiaowei Zhang’s lab at Harvard University revealed that it is by no means an accurate representation. “90 percent of the time, chromosomes don’t …
Read More »“In search of a life” of supersymmetric particles at CERN
[ad_1] Inside the ATLAS detector with UChicago researcher Lesya Horyn, who recently completed her thesis on the search for long-lived sleepers, supersymmetric partners of existing leptons of electrons, muons and tau. Credit: University of Chicago A team of researchers from the University of Chicago recently embarked on the search for …
Read More »Watch a sparkling fireball explode over the Tasman Sea (video)
[ad_1] A bright green meteor swept across the southern coast of Tasmania, Australia, and researchers caught the fireball on camera as it shattered over the ocean. The meteor lit up the night sky on Wednesday (Nov 18) at 9:21 PM local Tasmanian time (5:21 AM EST and 1021 GMT). A …
Read More »The universe is like a huge human brain discovered by new research
[ad_1] The universe is like a huge human brain discovered by new research An astrophysicist from the University of Bologna and a neurosurgeon from the University of Verona compared the network of neuronal cells in the human brain with the cosmic network of galaxies … and surprising similarities emerged. In …
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