Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Ever notice that a polyester T-shirt stinks more than a cotton one after you work out? New research from the University of Alberta now shows why. Analysis of various fibers soaked in a solution of simulated sweat showed that cotton and viscose, cellulose fibers or vegetable fibers absorbed and then released … Read more
By A. James for Daily Mail Australia 15:50 06 Jul 2024, updated 15:52 06 Jul 2024 Australian punk band Trophy Eyes have provided an update on the health of a young fan who was seriously injured during one of their recent performances. Bird Piche, 24, suffered a “catastrophic spinal injury” that left her unable to … Read more
View of the ruins of the Barbegal mill complex in 2018. Photo: Robert Fabre Archaeologists face a major challenge when they seek to gather information about buildings or facilities that are left in ruins. This was a particular challenge for the remains of the Roman watermills at Barbegal in southern France, which date back to … Read more
Artist’s impression of a microlensing event caused by a black hole observed from Earth towards the Large Magellanic Cloud. The light from a background star in the GMC is diffracted by a putative primordial black hole (lens) in the Milky Way’s halo and magnified when observed from Earth. Microlensing produces very characteristic variations in the … Read more
Enlarge / NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope reveals the Rho Ophiuchi cloud complex, the closest star-forming region to Earth. In a feat of galactic archaeology, astronomers are using increasingly detailed information to trace the origins of our galaxy – and to learn how other galaxies formed in the early stages of the universe. Using powerful … Read more
We’ll get an update on NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope tomorrow (June 4), and it could be a pretty big deal. On June 3, the agency announced that the Hubble Space Telescope team will hold a press conference tomorrow at 4:00 PM EDT (2000 GMT) on the status of the observatory. Specifically, officials said the purpose … Read more
Chassigny meteorite in cross-polarized light – Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego When a meteorite hit Mars eleven million years ago, pieces of the Red Planet flew into space – and some of them landed on Earth in the form of meteorites, providing unprecedented evidence about the planet’s composition. Now scientists at UC … Read more
This article was reviewed according to Science fact checked peer-reviewed publication trusted source proofread OK! Squeeze device, developed by UNSW, used to reduce noise for more accurate measurements. Credit: UNSW × close to Squeeze device, developed by UNSW, used to reduce noise for more accurate measurements. Credit: UNSW UNSW quantum engineers have developed a new … Read more