Science

[ad_1] Over the past 100 years, we have made incredible advances in healthcare that would have been considered miraculous for any previous generation. To give an example, the life expectancy in the United States in 1950 it was 68.2 years. We have since added 10 years to that average. Social …

[ad_1] It’s something quite common in physics: electrons leave a certain material, fly away, and then they are measured. Some materials emit electrons when irradiated with light. These electrons are then called “photoelectrons”. In materials research, so-called “Auger electrons” also play an important role: they can be emitted by atoms …

[ad_1] Moroccan artists participate in an initiative to support female talent in the field of singing, launched by the “Spotify” platform in the Arab world. The women’s campaign for the “Spotify” music platform carries the slogan “Your Voice”, through which famous artists provide support to their young colleagues by promoting …

[ad_1] NASA’s Perseverance rover is on its way to Mars. The six-month journey to the Red Planet can get pretty boring, but fortunately the car-sized robot found a way to entertain itself in interplanetary space by conducting a brief microphone check. A microphone installed on the Perseverance rover captured a …

[ad_1] Cells are constantly moving throughout our body, performing a myriad of operations critical to tissue development, immune responses, and general well-being. This commotion is driven by chemical signals long studied by scientists interested in cell migration. To better understand this phenomenon, a team of biologists and physicists, led by …

[ad_1] Frozen water can exist in at least 18 different crystalline forms, depending on temperature, pressure and preparation conditions. For decades, researchers have investigated – and at times, fiercely contested – whether supercooled liquid water also possessed distinct high- and low-density phases separated by a phase boundary. Theoretically, the two-liquid …

[ad_1] SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has some ambitious plans to transform humanity into a multiplanetary species. With the help of a fleet of Starship spaceships, the intrepid billionaire wants to establish a permanent foothold on Mars, one million strong, by 2050. Now, Musk is publicly enriching his vision even further. …

[ad_1] IMAGE: The polyurethane and gold sensor can resist shear forces and rubbing. View More Credit: © 2020 Someya et al. Researchers have developed an ultra-thin pressure sensor that can be attached directly to the skin. It can measure how fingers interact with objects to produce useful data for medical …

[ad_1] MADISON – Scouting the ocean for antimicrobials, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new antifungal compound that effectively targets multi-drug resistant strains of deadly fungi without toxic side effects in mice. The new molecule was discovered in the microbiome of a sea sketch from the Florida …

[ad_1] Pharmacy professor Tim Bugni led a UW-Madison effort to identify new antimicrobials from poorly studied ecosystems. School of Pharmacy Combing the ocean for antimicrobials, scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison have discovered a new antifungal compound that effectively targets multi-drug-resistant strains of deadly fungi without toxic side effects in …