[ad_1] A representation of an active particle being pushed through an energy landscape into lower energy states. Credit: Dr Rituparno Mandal, University of Göttingen Aging is a process that affects not only living beings. Many materials, such as plastics and glasses, also age – that is, they slowly change over …
Read More »Oysters produce 3-D structures organized by physical processes
[ad_1] Vesicular microstructure of gryphaeid oysters. Credit: University of Granada Scientists from the University of Granada (UGR) have found that oysters are capable of producing three-dimensional structures organized by physical (colloidal) processes – the result of which resembles a solid foam – using a unique technique, similar to that of …
Read More »Scientists create diamonds in MINUTES for the first time in a laboratory at room temperature
[ad_1] Scientists create diamonds in MINUTES for the first time in a laboratory at room temperature by applying a twisting pressure force Scientists created two types of diamonds in a laboratory at room temperature The team has already achieved this, but only by using high temperatures They used a diamond …
Read More »The study finds that sexual lineage plays a key role in transgenerational plasticity
[ad_1] Stickleback fish. Credit: Brian Stauffer, University of Illinois A new couple of articles published in the Journal of Animal Ecology showed that sexual lineage is important to how offspring receive adaptations from parents in stickleback fish. Researchers at the Bell lab studied how parents exposed to predators passed behavioral …
Read More »Incredible astronomical discoveries that have changed our view of space
[ad_1] Today, we may be living in a period that may eventually be called the beginning of the era of space exploration. Space company after space is working to make satellite launches more affordable, stations are built on the moon, and dreams of colonizing Mars no longer sound like science …
Read More »NASA’s first Mars rover with microphones sends sound into space
[ad_1] NASA’s Perseverance Rover is the space agency’s first Mars rover equipped with microphones, allowing it to record sounds from beyond our planet. NASA intends to use one of these microphones to record the rover’s landing on the red planet, but recently turned it on during space travel to get …
Read More »The Russian spacewalk is intended to prepare the international space station for a new module
[ad_1] Two Russian cosmonauts wearing bulky space suits first used the International Space Station’s docking compartment for the first time Wednesday as an airlock on a spacewalk to prepare the nearly identical Pirs module for removal next year. A new laboratory module will subsequently be parked in its place. Expedition …
Read More »Human Brain Neuronal Network Has Similarities to Cosmic Web, Study Claims | Astronomy, neuroscience
[ad_1] In an article published this week in the magazine Frontiers of physics, a duo of Italian researchers studied the similarities between the network of neurons in the human brain and the cosmic network of galaxies. Top: neurons and glial cells. Bottom: the millennium simulation of the universe. Image credit: …
Read More »The Russian spacewalk aims to prepare the International Space Station for the new module
[ad_1] Wearing bulky spacesuits, two Russian cosmonauts used the International Space Station’s Poisk docking compartment for the first time Wednesday on a spacewalk to begin preparing the nearly identical Pirs module for removal next year. A new laboratory module will subsequently be parked in its place. Expedition 64 commander Sergey …
Read More »Space-traveling astronauts prepare for the arrival of the Russian laboratory in 2021
[ad_1] CAPE CANAVERAL, Florida – Two Russian astronauts from the International Space Station set out on a spacewalk on Wednesday to prepare for the arrival of a long-delayed laboratory next year. Commander Sergey Ryzhikov and Sergey Kud-Sverchkov – nicknamed Sergey 1 and Sergey 2 by air traffic controllers – left …
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