Researchers at the George Washington University have developed a new design of vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL)…
Predicting forces between oddly shaped nanoparticles
Materials scientists at Duke University have devised a simplified method for calculating the attractive forces that…
Students discover hidden 15th-century text on medieval manuscripts
Rochester Institute of Technology students discovered lost text on 15th-century manuscript leaves using an imaging system…
Damaged Giant Radio Telescope at Arecibo Observatory Deemed Beyond Repair
The damaged 305-meter radio telescope at Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico will be decommissioned due to…
'Strange rays' crowdsourced on social media shed light on black hole illumination
Sparked by an image uploaded to Twitter, new research indicates that the light produced by black…
NSF plans to decommission Arecibo Observatory's 305m telescope due to safety concerns
Following a review of engineering assessments that found damage to the Arecibo Observatory cannot be stabilized…
Vibrations of coronavirus proteins may play a role in infection
When someone struggles to open a lock with a key that doesn’t quite seem to work,…
Hidden 15th-century text on medieval manuscripts
Students have discovered lost text on 15th-century manuscript leaves using an imaging system they developed as…
Showing robots how to drive a car…in just a few easy lessons
Researchers have designed a system that lets robots autonomously learn complicated tasks from a very small…
Elephant genetics guide conservation
A large-scale study of African elephant genetics in Tanzania reveals the history of elephant populations, how…