[ad_1] Rice University Graduate Student Panpan Zhou performed and analyzed "noise-induced" experiments in the field of superconductors. Zhou measured the current flowing through nanoscale "tunneling junctions" between layers of superconductor and showed the passage of single electrons could not account for the amount of charge flowing through the junctions. Credit: Jeff Fitlow / Rice University … Read more
[ad_1] The High Definition Earth View (HDEV) experiment on the International Space Station has resulted in data loss and ground-based computers are no longer receiving payload communications. A team of engineers is currently reviewing the available information on the state of health and the state of HDEV in order to identify what may be occurring. … Read more
[ad_1] The monkey skull.Photo: AMNH / N. Wong and M. Ellison Palaeontologists using CT scanners have revealed the structure of a 20 million-year-old primate brain, thanks to an extremely well-preserved fossil skull. Understanding the evolution of our extremely complex human brains is not easy, and there are no old brains sitting in the dust with … Read more
[ad_1] Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg will speak to the participants at the Viva Technologie trade show at the Porte de Versailles Exhibition Center on May 24, 2018 in Paris, France. Chesnot | Getty Images In a new study describing how hate is spreading in the online world, researchers have studied how hate groups … Read more
[ad_1] NASA is getting closer to its return to the moon, but its willingness to send crewed missions to the lunar surface is really just the beginning of a much larger initiative. A space station in orbit around the Moon, which NASA calls the bridge, will serve as a starting point for crew journeys to … Read more
[ad_1] Tesla CEO Elon Musk.REUTERS / Mike Blake Musk has repeatedly said that the atmosphere of Mars could be warmed to accommodate human life by destroying its poles and artificially creating a greenhouse effect. On Tuesday however, Musk suggested that satellites equipped with solar reflectors be preferable to the dropping of nuclear weapons. Spraying the … Read more
[ad_1] A scientist who used to do an internship at NASA closed a man on a dating app that supposed that she was a receptionist for the agency. Dr. Lauren McKeown, who has a doctorate in global science from Trinity College Dublin, went on Twitter on August 14 to share a conversation she recently had … Read more
[ad_1] The manipulator arm of the remotely controlled vehicle, Jason, draws a stream of fluid from a hydrothermal vent. Image: Chris German / OMSI / NSF / NASA / ROV Jason 2012 / OMSI The researchers have tried to locate a huge reservoir of methane located beneath the planet's oceans and now have a history … Read more
[ad_1] The results of this study shed new light on the individuality of elephants, said associate professor George Wittemyer. Credit: Guillaume Bastille-Rousseau / Colorado State University The wild African elephants, known for their intelligence, show very different movements and reactions to the same risks and resources. A new study by Colorado State University and Save … Read more
[ad_1] The scientists found themselves overwhelmed with an incredible amount of data on one of the most unique and rare mysteries of the universe, the fast radio bursts (FRB). These occurrences were first identified in 2007 and it was discovered that they came from millions or even billions of light years from Earth. The FRBs … Read more