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Humans have done a pretty good job of exploring the Earth thus far, climbing mountains and crossing continents and planting our flags all over the place in the name of science. But one part of the world that has remained pretty mysterious to us also happens to cover more than 70% of its surface: the ocean. Yes, we… Continue reading 7 Unresolved Mysteries About Our Ocean

At the beginning of the 20th century, many scientists started thinking that Physics was pretty much over. Surely we have a few unsolved mysteries left but it seemed like they could all be ironed out with better measurements or maybe with very slight tweaks to what was already known. The problem was, those mysteries didn’t… Continue reading 5 Unsolved Mysteries About Our Universe

Elemental (metallic) mercury is the shiny, silver-grey metal found in thermometers, barometers, and thermostats and other electrical switches. Mercury: Can break into droplets when spilled. The droplets spread easily and can build up in tiny cracks and spaces in your house. Can vaporize (evaporate) into the air in your house. The vapour cannot be seen or smelled. Can be… Continue reading Health Effects Of Mercury Exposure

A tiny fingernail sensor has been worked up that monitors diseases and movement disorders. IBM Research tells their prototype story in a video. The IBM team designed the tiny fingernail sensors to help clinicians detect and monitor the progression of disease via AI analysis and grip strength. Why choose fingernails as the window to what… Continue reading Wearable Nail Deformation Sensing For Behavioral And Biomechanical Monitoring And Human-Computer Interaction

The sun defies conventional scientific understanding. Its upper atmosphere, known as the corona, is many millions of degrees hotter than its surface. Astrophysicists are keen to learn why the corona is so hot, and scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have completed research that may advance the search.… Continue reading Role Of The Plasmoid Instability In Magnetohydrodynamic Turbulence

Vibrating carbon monoxide molecules adsorbed at the surface of a salt crystal stop moving after a few milliseconds. Scientists now discovered this is dominantly due to the emission of electromagnetic waves. The role of the chemical bond at the surface thereby appears to be less important than previously thought. Jörg Meyer from the Leiden Institute… Continue reading The Sommerfeld Ground-Wave Limit For A Molecule Adsorbed At A Surface

A live vaccine genetically engineered from a common measles vaccine promises to be effective against the chikungunya virus. Such is the central finding of a recently completed Phase II trial now published in the prestigious journal The Lancet. Two MedUni Vienna departments were also involved in the study: the Institute of Specific Prophylaxis and Tropical… Continue reading Immunogenicity, Safety And Tolerability Of The Measles-Vectored Chikungunya Virus Vaccine MV-CHIK: A Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled And Active-Controlled Phase 2 Trial

Ancient Antarctic ice sheet collapse could happen again, triggering a new global flood. It’s happened before and it could happen again. Tens of thousands of years ago, a giant ice sheet in the Antarctic melted, raising sea levels by up to 30 feet around the world. This inundated huge swaths of what had been dry land.… Continue reading Antarctic Ice Melt 125,000 Years Ago Offers Warning

Two Veterans Affairs researchers have explored how memory is tied to the hippocampus, with findings that will expand scientists’ understanding of how memory works. Drs. Christine N. Smith and Larry R. Squire, both with the VA San Diego Healthcare System and the University of California, San Diego, found that declarative memory—recalling facts and events—depends on… Continue reading Awareness Of What Is Learned As A Characteristic Of Hippocampus-Dependent Memory

When it comes to flirting, animals know how to put on a show. In the bird world, males often go to great lengths to attract female attention, like peacocks shaking their tail feathers and manakins performing complex dance moves. These behaviours often stimulate multiple senses, making them hard for biologists to quantify. Hummingbirds are no… Continue reading Synchronisation Of Speed, Sound And Iridescent Colour In A Hummingbird Aerial Courtship Dive

China launched a rover early Saturday destined to land on the far side of the moon, a global first that would boost Beijing’s ambitions to become a space superpower, state media said. The Chang’e-4 lunar probe mission named after the moon goddess in Chinese mythology launched on a Long March 3B rocket from the southwestern… Continue reading China’s Rover On Moon’s DARK SIDE | Chang’e-4

The role of a scientist is to make observations, do experiments, and form hypotheses about how and why things happen. Sometimes, thousands of years of evidence can support ideas, like the geometry of the Earth. But many people have struggled to understand things in the past and present for a lot of reasons from preconceived… Continue reading 5 Scientific Ideas That Nobody Believed, But Those Were Correct

A team of astronomers has found strong indications of a cold super-Earth orbiting Barnard’s Star, the second closest star system to our sun. The discovery provides greater evidence for rocky worlds in our galaxy. It seems like the Super-Earth is Frozen. The frozen world is at least 3.2 times the mass of Earth and is… Continue reading Discovery Of A Neighboring Super-Earth In A Neighboring Star System

In  August, at the American Chemical Society meeting in Boston, Mass. Rolf Halden enlighten the world with this new threat to our environment. Many people need contact lenses every day for work and play. Until now scientists hadn’t studied what happened to these soft plastic disks after use. Mass. Rolf Halden thought of this and… Continue reading Contact Lenses Create Micro-plastics | Threatening Life On Earth

From a common person’s perspective it might seem like a stuff of science fiction, But in reality, that’s the future. All natural resources are limited, while recycling is a logical option but everything can’t be recycled. For most of the element found on Earth are rare, like Gold and Platinum. Mineral-like Gold and Platinum aren’t… Continue reading Asteroid Mining | Future Mining Industry