Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin, who discovered that hydrogen dominates our universe, finally gets the recognition she deserves in…
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COVID-19 information overload leads to simple but unhelpful choices
That the COVID-19 situation has been accompanied by a relentless flood of information is evident from…
Researchers test the way we understand forces in the universe
A discovery by a team of researchers led by UMass Lowell nuclear physicists could change how…
NASA call for astronauts draws 12,000 spaceflight hopefuls
Who wants to be an astronaut? More than 12,000 people do, resulting in NASA’s second-largest group…
BESSY II: Ultra-fast switching of helicity of circularly polarized light pulses
At the BESSY II storage ring, a joint team of accelerator physicists, undulator experts and experimenters…
Chemistry education goes online
With colleges and universities around the world shuttered because of the COVID-19 pandemic, chemistry teachers are…
First complete German shepherd DNA offers new tool to fight disease
Scientists have mapped the genome of the German shepherd, one of the world’s most popular canine…
Tiny fly from Los Angeles has a taste for crushed invasive snails
As part of their project BioSCAN – devoted to the exploration of the unknown insect diversity…
Possible lives for food waste from restaurants
More than a third of the food produced ends up being wasted. This situation creates environmental,…
Surprising hearing talents in cormorants
Many aquatic animals like frogs and turtles spend a big part of their lives under water…