Powerful stargazing technology allows scientists to see directly through skulls without the need for surgery – RT World News

[ad_1] Direct observation of living brains is difficult and requires invasive and dangerous surgery to cut skin and bones. Now scientists can peer through the skulls using powerful technology borrowed from the field of astronomy. Porous and often inconsistent structures like bones tend to scatter light in unpredictable ways, frustrating efforts to “see” them through … Read more

Polymer Researcher’s Latest Development Results in New Cup That Resists Boiling Liquids

[ad_1] The PLA mug prototype developed by Professor Shi-Qing Wang, Ph.D. in Polymer Science from Kumho, is transparent and very strong and does not shrink when filled with boiling water. Credit: Akron University The latest development by an Akron University (UA) professor in the field of bioplastics has the potential to make significant strides in … Read more

Researchers uncover key clues to solar system history

[ad_1] Illustration of the solar wind flowing over asteroids at the start of the solar system. The magnetic field of the solar wind (white line / arrows) magnetizes the asteroid (red arrow). Researchers at the University of Rochester used magnetism to determine, for the first time, when carbonaceous chondrite asteroids first entered the inner solar … Read more

New detailed Gaia data from over 1.8 billion stars

[ad_1] Gaia’s stellar movement for the next 400,000 years. The stars are in constant motion. For the human eye, this movement – called proper movement – is imperceptible, but Gaia measures it with increasing precision. The trails in this image show how 40,000 stars, all located within 100 parsecs (326 light years) of the solar … Read more

NASA is on the verge of having double dragons in its space station

[ad_1] Close-up of the new Cargo Dragon and trunk. Trevor Mahlmann Proven flight and soot Falcon 9 B1058 ready to launch the CRS-21 mission for NASA. The launch is scheduled for 11:39 a.m. EST on December 5, 2020. Trevor Mahlmann Cargo Dragon now uses the same access arm as astronauts to board Crew Dragon. Trevor … Read more

China’s Chang’e-5 completes moon sampling – Xinhua English.news.cn

[ad_1] A photo provided by the Chinese National Space Administration (CNSA) shows the Chang’e-5 probe collecting samples from the moon on December 2, 2020. The Chinese Chang’e-5 probe has completed moon sampling and samples were sealed in the spacecraft, CNSA said Thursday morning. (CNSA / Document via Xinhua) BEIJING, Dec.3 (Xinhua) – China’s Chang’e-5 probe … Read more