A perfect sun-storm
Visualization of Earth's magnetic environment, with the magnetic field as a protective shield, generated by the strong internal magnetic field in Earth's core (for...
British researchers use cosmic “dust-buster” to test theoretical calculations
The solar system is a dusty environment, with trillions of cosmic dust particles left behind by comets and asteroids that orbit the sun. All...
Region of the Americas is declared free of measles
Measles is the fifth vaccine-preventable disease to be eliminated from the Americas, after the regional eradication of smallpox in 1971, poliomyelitis in 1994, and...
Scientists visualise quantum behaviour of hot electrons for first time
Professor Richard Palmer, from the University of Birmingham, with the Scanning Tunnelling Microscope. Credit: Michelle Tennison
Scientists have, for the first time, identified a method...
Unusual Martian Region Leaves Clues to Planet’s Past
A map of Mars that includes the unually high elevation region LSU researchers are studying called Thaumasia Planum. Credit: Wikimedia
Researcher Don Hood from LSU...
How natural selection acted on one penguin species over the past quarter century
Heads held high at Punta Tombo. Credit: Dee Boersma
Biologists of all stripes attest to evolution, but have debated its details since Darwin’s day. Since...
High incomes study shows women are less than a quarter of top one per...
A new study by LSE’s International Inequalities Institute shows that women make up a smaller and smaller fraction of those with high incomes, the...
Making women’s sanitary products safer and cheaper
The nanofibers we produced are about 200 times thinner than cotton fibers. (a) Commercial sanitary napkins with fiber diameter ~30-40 micrometers; (b) Electrospun nanofiber-based...
Ear ossicles of modern humans and Neandertals – different shape, similar function
Tympanic membrane (grey), ossicular chain (yellow, green, red), and bony inner ear (blue) of a modern human with a One-Eurocent coin for scale.© A....
Have more than eight dental fillings? It could increase the mercury levels in your...
Dental surface restorations composed of dental amalgam, a mixture of mercury, silver, tin and other metals, significantly contribute to prolonged mercury levels in the...
Secure passwords can be sent through your body, instead of air
Potential applications for on-body transmissions include securely sending information to door locks, glucose sensors or other wearable medical devices.Credit: Vikram Iyer, University of Washington
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