SwRI’s Alice spectrograph completes ESA mission to comet 67P
The SwRI-developed Alice ultraviolet spectrograph, shown here during final integration, collected more than 70,000 spectra during a 2-year mission orbiting comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko. The instrument...
Food additive key to environmentally friendly, efficient, plastic solar cells
Schematic illustration and chemical structure of semi-printed plastic solar cells in air, using food additive o-MA as solvent.Credit: Long Ye, NC State
Researchers from North...
New technique for finding weakness in Earth’s crust
Geodynamic modelling relies on knowing the ‘viscosity’ or resistance to changing shape of Earth’s outer layers.Credit: Jiashun Hu, University of Illinois
Scientists have developed a...
Spiral arms in protoplanetary disk: They’re not just for galaxies any more
Thermal dust emission from the protoplanetary disk surrounding the young star Elias 2-27 clearly shows a spiral structure.Credit: B. Saxton (NRAO/AUI/NSF); ALMA (ESO/NAOJ/NRAO); L....
Curiosity finds evidence of Mars crust contributing to atmosphere
Processes in Mars' surface material can explain why particular xenon (Xe) and krypton (Kr) isotopes are more abundant in the Martian atmosphere than expected,...
New treatment strategy could cut Parkinson’s disease off at the pass
Alpha-synuclein aggregates in the brain cells of mice with (top) and without (bottom) the LAG3 protein. Credit: Xiaobo Mao
Researchers at Johns Hopkins report they...
Where You Live Shapes Your Immune System More than Your Genes
Like fingerprints, immune systems vary from person to person. And although we all inherit a unique set of genes that help us respond to...
Genes underlying dogs’ social ability revealed
The dog is the oldest domesticated animal and during thousands of years it has adapted to a life among humans. During this period dogs...
Correlated magnets made out of single atoms
In (a) an originally obtained picture of a one-dimensional atomic chain is shown. The thick horizontal lines illustrate the barrier between different chains. In...
New evidence shifts the timeline back for human arrival in the Americas
Ancient artifacts found at an archeological site in Argentina suggest that humans occupied South America earlier than previously thought.
Approximately 13,000 years ago, a prehistoric...
Today’s parents spend more time with their kids than moms and dads did 50...
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Trend is most pronounced among the better-educated, UCI study finds
Guilt-ridden busy moms and dads take heart: Mothers – and fathers – across most...
