[ad_1] Photo: Juan Mabromata (Getty Images) In a new letter to the editor taken from the prestigious scientific journal Nature, a team of Israeli researchers asks a frankly insane question: Could a hack lead a scientist to be cheated by creating a piece of genetic code that is harmful – or potentially toxic – rather … Read more
[ad_1] More than 4,500 exoplanets have been discovered to date, with only a small portion believed to have the properties of containing life. A new study suggests that some of these planets and any extraterrestrial life that lives there can also see us. The research, published in the scientific journal Monthly Notices of the Royal … Read more
[ad_1] This site can earn affiliate commissions from the links on this page. Terms of use. Humanity launched the first satellite in 1957, and since then we have put thousands of objects into orbit without worrying about the future. With about 3,000 active satellites, we now have 900,000 space junk larger than 10 centimeters. The … Read more
[ad_1] Researchers at the University of Houston and the Toyota Research Institute of North America have reported a breakthrough in the development of magnesium batteries, allowing them to provide a power density comparable to that of lithium-ion batteries. Credit: University of Houston Magnesium batteries have long been seen as a potentially safer and less expensive … Read more
[ad_1] Astronomers have mapped about a million as yet unknown galaxies beyond the Milky Way, in the most detailed study of the southern sky ever using radio waves. The Rapid ASKAP Continuum Survey (or RACS) placed the Australian SKA Pathfinder (ASKAP) radio telescope from CSIRO on the international astronomical map. While previous surveys have taken … Read more
[ad_1] A mysterious little galaxy 44 million light years away is finally revealing its secrets. Revealed last year to have an incredibly low amount of dark matter, the galaxy NGC 1052-DF4 posed a daunting challenge to our galaxy formation models. These models live yet another day. NGC 1052-DF4 is indeed lacking in dark matter – … Read more
[ad_1] Spending time on your smartphone browsing social media and responding to messages isn’t bad for your mental health, psychologists say. By analyzing both Android and iPhone users, British researchers found that time spent on a smartphone was a poor indicator of anxiety, depression, or stress. People who scored high on depressive symptoms, on the … Read more
[ad_1] A Soyuz rocket deploys towards its launch pad in French Guiana for takeoff with the Falcon Eye 2 military reconnaissance satellite. Credit: ESA / CNES / Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Piron A Soyuz thruster is expected to be launched from French Guiana on Sunday evening with a military reconnaissance … Read more
[ad_1] Atomic scale image of two interacting donors in silicon. Credit: CQC2T Researchers from the Center of Excellence for Quantum Computing and Communication Technologies (CQC2T) working with Silicon Quantum Computing (SQC) have located the “sweet spot” for the positioning of qubits in silicon to scale atom-based quantum processors. Creating quantum bits, or qubits, by precisely … Read more
[ad_1] Artist’s impression of the system, with the star in the center, and the internal dust belt from which gas is produced and dispersed to the far reaches of the system. Credit: Institute of Astronomy, University of Cambridge A unique stage in the evolution of the planetary system has been imaged by astronomers, showing rapidly … Read more