Underground Species Has a Secret Glow
A pocket gopher emerging from burrow. Researcher discovers that the underground species has a secret glow. You can learn a lot about animals by simply watching them. But some secrets…
Droplets Loaded With Coronaviruses Last Far Longer Than Previously Thought
Experiments with dummy heads and masks. Credit: TU Wien Tiny droplets loaded with viruses disappear more slowly after exhalation than previous models suggested. Experiments and simulations by TU Wien (Vienna)…
How To Prevent and Treat High Blood Pressure With Exercise
The first personalized advice on the most effective exercise to lower blood pressure was published in the European Journal of Preventive Cardiology, a journal of the European Society of Cardiology…
Take a 3D Spin on Mars and Track NASA’s Perseverance Rover
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover is shown at its landing site in Jezero Crater in this view from the “Explore with Perseverance” 3D web experience. This interactive web tool features a…
Science Made Simple: What is Nanoscience?
By U.S. Department of Energy September 19, 2021 Scientists at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory wrote on this penny with an ion beam to show off how cool nanoscience research can…
Don’t Miss the Harvest/GRAIL Moon + Other Notable Celestial Events
A full Moon, known as a Harvest Moon, rises over Washington on September 19, 2013. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls The Next Full Moon is the Harvest Moon; the Fruit or Barley…
More Than 1 in 10 COVID-19 Patients Were Infected After Hospital Admission in First Pandemic Wave
Over one in 10 COVID-19 patients in 314 UK hospitals were infected after admission. Credit: Lancaster University More than one in ten COVID-19 patients in 314 UK hospitals caught the…
5 Hazards Astronauts Face in Human Spaceflight
A human journey to Mars, at first glance, offers an inexhaustible amount of complexities. To bring a mission to the Red Planet from fiction to fact, NASA’s Human Research Program…
Spice (Synthetic Marijuana) Withdrawal Symptoms More Severe Than Cannabis
The new study looked at withdrawal symptoms people experienced from the drug ‘Spice,’ which contains synthetic drugs originally designed to mimic the effects of cannabis. New research from the Addiction…
Layered Graphene with a Twist Displays Unique Quantum Confinement Effects in 2-D
Understanding how electrons move in 2-D layered material systems could lead to advances in quantum computing and communication. Scientists studying two different configurations of bilayer graphene—the two-dimensional (2-D), atom-thin form…
