Contemporaneous exposure to air pollution may influence the severity of COVID-19 illness and increase the likelihood people will die from the disease, a new study…
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Astronomers using NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope captured the quick, fading celebrity status of a supernova, the self-detonation of a star. The Hubble snapshots have been…
For the past four years, Swedish startup Einride has captured interest, investment and even a few customer contracts for its unusual-looking pods — electric and…
Researchers at MIT and Harvard have shown that people use a type of reasoning known as universalization to help them make moral decisions in certain…
New research from a team led by scientists at Purdue University has found that trees and plants play an important role in the formation of…
“Away,” a new drama on Netflix, tells the story of the first manned expedition to Mars — Emma Green (played by Hilary Swank) leads an…
Americans exercise their right to vote from all over the world, and for November’s election, few ballots will have traveled as far as those cast by…
After taking five consecutive business days off from my work laptop — and to shout at my personal laptop while losing games on Dominion online…
Low glucocorticoid receptor (GR) expression led to excessive inflammation and lung damage by neutrophils through enhancing the expression of CXCL8 and other cytokines. Credit: Professor…
Evan Weinstein, the founder of the Philadelphia-based startup, Cocoa Press, which makes a 3D printer for chocolate, doesn’t have much of a sweet tooth. But…
Manatees lived in Texas during the last ice age, according to fossil evidence found along Texas beaches. Credit: Robert Bonde / U.S. Geological Survey Manatees…
NASA’s new space toilet for the International Space Station undergoes testing at the Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. Credit: NASA It’s the space-age old…
Nanoparticles coated in an antigen stick to red blood cells strongly enough to resist being sheared off in the lungs, allowing them to reach the…
Left: Graphic combining energy spectra measured by RToo scanner (© InsightART, 2019); Right: RToo scanning the painting Madonna and Child. Credit: © Jiří Lauterkranc, 2019,…
What causes quasiparticle death? In large systems of interacting particles in quantum mechanics, an intriguing phenomenon often emerges: groups of particles begin to behave like…
What are some skywatching highlights in October 2020? Not one, but two, full Moons; Mars at opposition; and finding the Andromeda galaxy. [embedded content] Video…
By Joe TidyCyber reporter .css-evoj7m-Image{display:block;width:100%;height:auto;} image copyrightBBC/ getty “Earlier this year, I attended a conference and was shocked to find that you could actually buy…
China, the world’s biggest carbon emitter, is making a promise to get to zero emissions 40 years from now. Is it a breakthrough? Or is it…
The stellar explosion, SN 1987A, located in the Large Magellanic Cloud, was one of the brightest supernovae in more than 400 years. Credit: ESO Discovery…
A highly charged Ion hitting a material consisting of several layers. Credit: TU Wien How can you perforate an atomic layer of material and leave…