Jumping frost crystals: Lab works toward electrostatic de-icing

If you have ever gotten up on a winter morning and thrown yourself into the arduous…

ESA plans mission to explore lunar caves

In a first step towards uncovering the Moon’s subterranean secrets, in 2019 we asked for your…

China's Mars craft enters parking orbit before landing rover

China says its Tianwen-1 spacecraft has entered a temporary parking orbit around Mars in anticipation of…

Mars rover's giant parachute carried secret message

The huge parachute used by NASA’s Perseverance rover to land on Mars contained a secret message,…

Machine learning aids in simulating dynamics of interacting atoms

A revolutionary machine-learning (ML) approach to simulate the motions of atoms in materials such as aluminum…

Mangrove forests store more carbon when they're more diverse

Mangrove forests with greater species diversity can store more carbon, according to new research published in…

How "ugly" labels can increase purchase of unattractive produce

Researchers from University of British Columbia published a new paper in the Journal of Marketing that…

Oktoberfest memories increase life-satisfaction, customer loyalty

No one went to Oktoberfest in 2020, but chances are those who attended in the past…

Fighting fit cockroaches have 'hidden strength'

A new study has discovered that not all cockroaches are equal and “super athletes”, with larger…

Measuring carbon nanotubes taken up by plants

Carbon nanotubes are tiny. They can be a hundred thousand times smaller than the width of…