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Wine compound could help Mars missions

Added: 19 Jul 2019

A NASA-funded study has determined that resveratrol, a compound found in grape skins, could be key …

Open University partners NASA for lunar instrument

Added: 15 Jul 2019

Open University scientists are working with NASA on a device that will detect water patterns for fu…

EU allocates €35M for AI cancer treatment

Added: 10 Jul 2019

The European Commission is investing €35 million to develop AI solutions for the treatment and prev…

Simple glass acts like AI

Added: 10 Jul 2019

A non-electrical, low cost piece of glass replicates a machine’s neural network in order to recogni…

Measurement science centre opens in London

Added: 5 Jul 2019

The Community for Analytical Measurement Science, a membership network for training and innovation …

NASA to send rotorcraft to Titan

Added: 28 Jun 2019

NASA is planning to send a drone-like lander to the surface of Titan, Saturn’s largest moon.

Table salt on Jupiter’s moon

Added: 18 Jun 2019

The yellow substance on the surface of Jupiter’s moon, Europa, has been identified simply as sodium…

Riverlane raises £3.2M for quantum simulation

Added: 17 Jun 2019

Quantum computer software developer Riverlane has raised £3.25 million in seed funding.

Supernova linked to human bipedalism

Added: 29 May 2019

A supernova that occurred 8 million years ago has been linked to humans walking on two legs.

Quark founder and Nobel Prize winner passes away

Added: 28 May 2019

US physicist Murray Gell-Mann, a leading figure in the creation of the Standard Model of particle p…

Physicists edge closer to superconductivity at room temperature

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 24 May 2019

An international research team has claimed to have raised the temperature at which superconductivit…

NASA detects likely marsquake

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 24 Apr 2019

Seismic activity has been detected on a planet other than Earth for the first time.!--more--

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Titanic lakes filled with methane

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 18 Apr 2019

Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has revealed that liquid lakes on Saturn’s largest moon are mor…

First black hole image revealed

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 10 Apr 2019

The first direct visual evidence of a supermassive black hole has been unveiled.!--more--

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2D material improves in space

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 20 Mar 2019

Materials consisting of a single layer of atoms could be used in space missions due to their resili…

Twisted Milky Way

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 18 Mar 2019

3D mapping of the Milky Way galaxy shows that it is not flat but warped and twisted in shape.

Liquid metal turned to plasma

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 13 Mar 2019

Liquid metal has been turned to plasma for the first time, with applications for attaining fusion e…

Edging towards the quantum speed limit

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 12 Feb 2019

More rapid energy progression in a quantum computer may be achieved thanks to more rapid jumps in e…

Quantum-scale electron liquid

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 6 Feb 2019

Physicists have created the first electron liquid at room temperature and say it could have applica…

Saturnian day deduced from ring formations

qmcqmmjcbp.d qmcqmmjcbp.d | Added: 30 Jan 2019

Data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has enabled a more accurate estimate of the length of a day on …