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[ad_1] The Earth is flooded with gravitational waves. Over a six-month period, scientists captured a size of 39 series of gravitational waves. The waves, which stretch and compress the fabric of spacetime, were caused by violent events such as the merging of two black holes into one. The loot was …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.October 29, 2020 A team of scientists, including two physicists from the University of Sussex, have found a way around a 178-year-old theory, which means they can effectively cancel magnetic fields from a distance. They are the first to be able to do this in …

[ad_1] Rocket Lab successfully launches 15th mission, distributes satellites for Planet, Canon Electronics Inc. Press release from: RocketLab Published: Wednesday 28 October 2020 Rocket Lab, a space systems company and world leader in the launch of small dedicated satellites, has successfully launched its 15th Electron mission and Earth imaging satellites …

[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.October 29, 2020 The study, in which six Wits researchers were involved, shows that these newly discovered variants were found mainly among newly sampled ethnolinguistic groups. Researchers identified new evidence for natural selection in and around 62 previously unreported genes associated with viral immunity, DNA …

[ad_1] Hidden inside the meteorite structure it can be the inspiration for our renewable energy needs. Known as perovskite, the mineral was first discovered in the Urals of Russia by Gustav Rose in 1839 and was named after the Russian mineralogist LA Perovski. Perovskite mineral crystals. Image: Shutterstock Today, a …

[ad_1] Earlier this year, Kevin Zahnle, a planetary scientist at NASA’s Ames Research Center, was one of the first people to read a science paper that would become the biggest space news of 2020. The study, on which Zahnle had been asked to provide comments while he was studying for …

[ad_1] Just over five years ago, humanity still had to detect gravitational waves. Now, the observations are pouring in at amazing speed. Over a span of six months last year, the LIGO-Virgo collaboration detected, on average, 1.5 gravitational wave events per week. From April 1 to October 1, 2019, the …

[ad_1] A variant of the coronavirus that originated in Spanish farm workers has spread rapidly across much of Europe since the summer and now accounts for the majority of new Covid-19 cases in several countries and over 80% in the UK . An international team of scientists who have tracked …

[ad_1] Homage was paid to a “spirited” granny who died weeks after a tragic accident in central Liverpool. Dovecot’s Bernice Whitehead sadly died at Royal Liverpool Hospital in the early hours of Tuesday morning, 27 October. The 86-year-old was hospitalized for the first time three weeks ago after falling on …

[ad_1] Scientists recently revealed details on fossils found in the 1980s and speak of a predator that may have been the largest flying bird of its time. What is happening? Scientists from the University of California Riverside traveled to Seymour Island in the Antarctic Peninsula in the 1980s. They discovered …