Shanghai Astronomy Museum opens to the public with big bang - SHINE The world's largest planetarium opened its doors to the public on Sunday. More...

Take pictures that help understand why gas forms stars | Technique - NexTV Africa & Middle East A telescope at the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has captured images of nearby galaxies that resemble colorful cosmic fireworks and will help More...

Millimeter-tall 'mountains' on neutron stars - Science Daily New models of neutron stars show that their tallest mountains may be only fractions of millimeters high, due to the huge gravity on the ultra-dense objects. More...

Space - The Space Problem: NASA Helps Solve 21st Century Problems | lifestyles - Cheraw Chronicle Another environmentally friendly innovation from NASA is the forest restoration toolkit they have used for the past 40 years. Since 1972, Landsat More...

Researchers discover a new inorganic material with lowest thermal conductivity ever reported - Chemie.de A collaborative research team, led by the University of Liverpool, has discovered a new inorganic material with the lowest thermal conductivity ever reported. This discovery paves the way for the ... More...

Representing robotic manipulator using a novel method - Tech Explorist Contact-aware robot design. More...

Mysterious New 'Borg' DNA Seems to Assimilate Genes From Different Organisms - ScienceAlert Mysterious strands of DNA that seemingly assimilate genes from many different organisms in their surrounding environment have been discovered in a Californian backyard. More...

Ivermectin COVID-19 Scandal Shows How Vulnerable Science Is to Fraud - ScienceAlert Haruko Obokata published two papers in January 2014 that described how regular blood cells could be turned into pluripotent stem cells. More...

Big bang: How we are trying to ‘listen’ to it - and the new physics it could unveil - Deccan Herald By Francesco Muia for The Conversation, Exactly what happened at the beginning of the universe, 14 billion years ago, is one of the greatest mysteries in physics – there’s no simple way to probe it. That’s because, in its early stages, the universe was filled… More...

China prepares for human ultrasound imaging in an aerospace medical research - BSA bureau China National Space Administration (CNAS) has employed SonoScape's X5 to support medical research in the aviation environment More...

NASA: Oscillation of the Moon, lunar trajectory that will cause a great increase of the floods in "all the coasts of the United States" | Atmosphere - Space Bollyinside - BollyInside According to the NASA study, “the main reason is a regular wobble in the Moon’s orbit that takes 18.6 years to complete. There’s nothing new or dangerous More...

This shoebox-sized spacecraft will sail in space using solar radiation as wind - India Today So far, spacecraft have been using solar energy to power them and execute critical functions. This will be the first time that a spacecraft uses it as wind to generate thrust. More...

NASA Hubble Shares Image Of Star Cluster ‘NGC 3680’ That’s Located 35,000 Light Years From Earth! - Mashable India The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) recently shared an image of a star cluster in this #HubbleFriday image. This star cluster is known as NGC 6380 (NGC = New General Catalogue). More...

Don't try to replace pets with robots; design robots to be more like service animals - Tech Xplore Robopets are artificially intelligent machines created to look like an animal (usually a cat or dog, but they can be any animal). There are numerous robopets on the market right now, being sold to consumers as "pets" or companions. There is an especially ferv… More...

NASA scientist modifying human DNA using tardigrade genes for this reason [details] - IBTimes India The Dsup gene is responsible for protecting DNA against the damage caused by long space voyages More...

Single-cell analysis enters the multiomics age - Nature.com A rapidly growing collection of software tools is helping researchers to analyse multiple huge ‘-omics’ data sets. More...

Our universe might be a giant three-dimensional donut, really. - Livescience.com More...

Understanding the physics in new metals - Phys.org Researchers from the Paul Scherrer Institute PSI and the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL), working in an international team, have developed a new method for complex X-ray studies that will aid in better understanding so-called correlated metals. These mat… More...

Chinese astronomers investigate X-ray bursts of SGR J1935+2154 - Phys.org By analyzing the data from NASA's Fermi spacecraft, astronomers from the Hebei Normal University and Nanjing University in China, have investigated X-ray bursting activity of a soft gamma-ray repeater (SGR) known as SGR J1935+2154. Results of the study, publi… More...

July 23 will be Buck Moon: Why it is called Thunder Moon, Berry Moon, Salmon Moon; history of Full Moon names - Times Now English translations of full moon names date back a few hundred years to Native Americans living in what is now the northern and eastern United States. Names differed as per tribe customs and had significance. More...

Deconstructing the Infectious Machinery of the SARS-CoV-2 Virus | Berkeley Lab - Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Scientists from three national labs have published a comprehensive study that – alongside other recent, complementary studies of coronavirus proteins and genetics – represents the first step toward developing treatments for COVID-19. More...

Just 7 per cent of our DNA is unique to modern humans, study shows - The Indian Express The research draws upon DNA extracted from fossil remains of now-extinct Neanderthals and Denisovans, as well as from 279 modern people from around the world. More...

Solar panels, which heat the climate, can be? | Science | News | The sun - The Press Stories CThis is a question that many researchers have been asking themselves in recent years because its prototype is undeniable: a fraction of the sun's energy More...

Helios to hitch ride on Japan lunar lander in bid to make oxygen on Moon - The Times of Israel Israeli startup signs accord to join second and third ispace missions; seeks to prove its oxygen-from-Moon-sand tech works in no-gravity conditions More...

No more broken mobile screens: Bengal researchers develop self-healing material - Hindustan Times The research on the material, that scientists said can repair themselves within milliseconds when fractured, has made it to the coveted Science journal. More...

Unsustainable Arctic shipping risks accelerating damage to the Arctic environment - Science Daily The economic and environmental pros and cons of melting Arctic ice creating shorter shipping routes through the polar region are weighed up in ground-breaking research from experts in energy and transport. They conclude that policy makers must properly assess… More...

New images show when it comes to black holes size doesn't matter – Physics World - physicsworld.com Using the Event Horizon Telescope, astronomers have discovered that larger supermassive black holes seem to be ‘scaled-up’ versions of their smaller counterparts More...

The mathematics of repulsion for new graphene catalysts - Science Daily Scientists at Tohoku University and colleagues in Japan have developed a mathematical model that helps predict the tiny changes in carbon-based materials that could yield interesting properties. More...

Jurassic Lovers Rejoice as UK City’s Exhibit to Feature Lego Dinosaurs - News18 If you ever witnessed a dinosaur in real life, your heart would pound for sure, and you would run for your life, without a guarantee that you would be able to save yourself. More...

ESO telescope captures powerful images of nearby galaxies - Open Access Government The European Southern Observatory's Very Large Telescope has captured images of nearby galaxies, allowing scientists to locate the exact locations of stars More...

Solar storm moving toward Earth to hit Today; may impact on mobile phone and GPS signals - Time Bulletin An amazing solar storm is moving toward Earth at a speed of 1.6 kmph. It is probably going to disturb phone and GPS signals upon impact. The solar storm, which is relied upon to affect on Monday, can cause a significant effect on the communication infrastruct… More...

Scientists find four `teenage` exoplanets. One of them is really special. - WION Astronomers recently discovered four teenage exoplanets situated 130 light-years away from Earth. More...

Cosmic rays help supernovae explosions pack a bigger punch - Science Daily The final stage of cataclysmic explosions of dying massive stars, called supernovae, could pack an up to six times bigger punch on the surrounding interstellar gas with the help of cosmic rays, according to a new study. More...

Caltech: Caltech Names Its 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award Recipients - India Education Diary The 2021 Distinguished Alumni Award recipients are Robert (Bob) Behnken (MS '93, PhD '97), Barbara Burger (PhD '87), Charles Elachi (MS '69, PhD '71), and Laurie Leshin (MS '89, PhD '95). They join 270 other Caltech alumni lauded for their work in sc More...

From Sputnik To Twitter, The History Of Science Communication - Science Friday Instead of yesteryear’s dry and dusty lectures, science communicators are creating new and exciting ways to engage with science. More...

Can consciousness be explained by quantum physics? My research takes us a step closer to finding out - The Conversation UK New experiments could help scientists settle the longstanding debate about whether consciousness is generated by quantum activity. More...

Team Awarded $2M NSF Grant to Teach Virtual Explorers About Permafrost and Arctic Climate Change - Newswise The team, led by PI Deborah Huntzinger and co-PIs Michelle Mack and Victor Leshyk of Northern Arizona University, will create Polar Explorer, a tool that uses v More...

Woodmancote meteorite is left over from the birth of the solar system, experts say - Daily Mail The astonishing charcoal-black meteorite fragment was found earlier this year near Woodmancote in Gloucestershire. More...

Snake photos: Pythons swallow crocodiles and other animals … whole - Livescience.com More...

Using archeology to better understand climate change - Phys.org Throughout history, people of different cultures and stages of evolution have found ways to adapt, with varying success, to the gradual warming of the environment they live in. But can the past inform the future, now that climate change is happening faster th… More...

Bubbles pop like blooming flowers new study finds | Stanford News - Stanford University News Researchers at Stanford and the University of Naples studying how bubbles form and eventually burst use high-speed cameras and analytical modeling to reveal a new popping process. More...

These tiny, bunny-faced animals have an unusual strategy for surviving the winter - National Geographic After 13 years, scientists may have solved a long-standing enigma about the plateau pika of Central Asia. More...

Seismic surveys have no significant impact on commercially valuable fish in NW Australia - EurekAlert New research has found marine seismic surveys used in oil and gas exploration are not impacting the abundance or behaviour of commercially valuable fishes in the tropical shelf environment in north-western Australia. More...

Neutron-Star Mountains May Be Only Fractions of Millimeters High, New Model Shows | Astronomy - Sci-News.com Researhers have used computational modeling to build realistic neutron stars and subject them to a range of mathematical forces to identify how the mountains are created. More...

Why Is the Eastern Monarch Butterfly Disappearing? Is There Something We Can Do About It? - SciTechDaily A Spartan-led research team has uncovered an answer — at least for the most recent population decline — with a huge assist from volunteers. Michigan State University ecologists led an international research partnership of professional and volunteer scientists… More...

Drought puts Amazon at risk of 'large scale dieback', researchers warn - Financial Times UK and Brazilian study finds 2.5bn trees in the biome perished during another recent extreme dry spell More...

New metric for designing safer streets - Science Daily A new study shows how biometric data can be used to find potentially challenging and dangerous areas of urban infrastructure. By analyzing eye-tracking data from cyclists navigating Philadelphia's streets, researchers found that these individual-based metrics… More...

Physicists Get a Unique View of a Destroyed Comet - Gizmodo Comet ATLAS fell apart last April, but its fragments are still offering opportunities to learn. More...

NASA Invites Media to Launch of Landsat 9 From West Coast - IT News Online NASA Invites Media to Launch of Landsat 9 From West Coast More...

Supermassive black holes put a brake on stellar births - EurekAlert Black holes with masses equivalent to millions of suns do put a brake on the birth of new stars, say astronomers. Using machine learning and three state of the art simulations to back up results from a large sky survey, the researchers resolve a 20-year long … More...

Study: Second dose of COVID-19 vaccine induces a powerful boost to the immune system - News-Medical.Net The second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine induces a powerful boost to a part of the immune system that provides broad antiviral protection, according to a study led by investigators at the Stanford University School of Medicine. More...

Scientists deconstruct the protein-based machine responsible for SARS-CoV-2 replication - News-Medical.net In February 2020, a trio of bio-imaging experts were sitting amiably around a dinner table at a scientific conference in Washington, D.C., when the conversation shifted to what was then a worrying viral epidemic in China. More...