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[ad_1] The first direct observation of gravitational waves was heralded by the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) in what was a huge step forward for science. Previously, gravitational waves had only been inferred indirectly, via their effect on pulsar timing in binary star systems, and the waveform matched Einstein’s prediction …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 5, 2020 Scientists have used gene therapy to regenerate damaged nerve fibers in the eye, in a discovery that could help develop new treatments for glaucoma, a leading cause of blindness worldwide. Axons – nerve fibers – in the adult central nervous system (CNS) …

[ad_1] An ocean monitoring satellite will have to wait at least 11 more days to enter space. The US-European Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich satellite mission is now scheduled to launch on Saturday, November 21 at 12:17 pm EST (1717 GMT) from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. This is a delay …

[ad_1] A newly designed “liquid window” can block sunlight to keep a building cool, but also absorb heat that is released gradually during the day or night to reduce energy costs, the scientists said. The window, invented by researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), uses a hydrogel-based liquid between …

[ad_1] Scientists think they have identified such a dramatic lava world that it could boast a thin regional atmosphere of vaporized rock where it is closest to its star. That exoplanet is called K2-141b and was originally discovered in 2017. The world is again about half the size of the …

[ad_1] If the skies are clear during the next week, be sure to take a few minutes to gaze upwards. You may be lucky and catch a glimpse of an extraordinarily bright meteor – a taurid meteor. While most meteor showers are remarkably active for about a week, the Taurids …

[ad_1] There are only nine days left until the launch of SpaceX’s first operational astronaut for NASA and the agency invites the public to participate in the historic race. The Crew mission-1 is scheduled to take off from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida on the evening of November …

[ad_1] The adapted process allowed researchers to cultivate record-length carbon nanotube forests (Credit: Hisashi Sugime, Waseda University) Researchers have developed the tallest “forest” of carbon nanotubes (CNTs) ever, using a new technique that they believe could make nanomaterials an “omnipresent reality”. Describing it as a “new approach to a conventional …

[ad_1] A team of researchers in Europe has identified a new high-pressure mineral in a lunar meteorite called Oued Awlitis 001. Fragments of Oued Awlitis 001. Image credit: Ludovic Ferrière, NHM Vienna. Oued Awlitis 001 is a feldspar lunar meteorite that was found in 2014 in Western Sahara, Africa. The …

[ad_1] Kuala Lumpur – A newly developed “liquid window” can block sunlight to keep a building cool, but also absorb heat that is released gradually during the day or night to reduce energy costs, scientists said. The window, invented by researchers at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU), uses a hydrogel-based …