Sorting black plastics according to type
Sorting machine with conveyor belt, which transports the shredded plastic waste.
Credit: © Photo Fraunhofer IOSB
Recycling black plastics, such as those found in car instrument...
Jupiter is one old-timer, scientist finds
Jupiter is not only the largest planet in our solar system, but it’s also the oldest, according to new research from Lawrence Livermore National...
‘Multi-dimensional universe’ in brain networks
The image attempts to illustrate something that cannot be imaged -- a universe of multi-dimensional structures and spaces. On the left is a digital...
Cognitive-related neural pattern to activate machines
A rat touches a touch stimulus that has appeared in an iPad screen. The visual stimulus has been created by a cognitive brain pattern...
Galaxy alignments traced back 10 billion years
MACS J0416.1-240 is a cluster of galaxies located four billion light years away. A new study based on observations with the Hubble Space Telescope...
Making art activates brain’s reward pathway
These are examples of the doodling activity.
Credit: Courtesy of Drexel University
Your brain's reward pathways become active during art-making activities like doodling, according to a...
Hot rocks, not warm atmosphere, led to relatively recent water-carved valleys on Mars
Lyot Crater, rendered here with elevations exaggerated, is home to relatively recent water-carved valleys (denoted in white). New research suggests that water came from...
Large Canadian Arctic climate change study cancelled due to climate change
The research icebreaker CCGS Amundsen.
Credit: Image courtesy of University of Manitoba
The Science Team of the Canadian Research Icebreaker CCGS Amundsen has cancelled the first...
Plastic made from sugar and carbon dioxide
This is a graphic showing how sugar and carbon dioxide is converted to plastic.
Credit: Georgina Gregory
Some biodegradable plastics could in the future be made...
Vegetarian diets almost twice as effective in reducing body weight, study finds
The vegetarian diet was found to be almost twice as effective in reducing body weight than the conventional diet.
Credit: © Feng Yu / Fotolia
Dieters...
ALMA hears birth cry of a massive baby star
The massive protostar is surrounded by a disk of gas and dust. The outflow is launched from the surface of the outer disk.
Credit: ALMA...
