Major changes coming over the horizon for the global space industry

The attention of the world has recently been captured by the return of Japan’s Hayabusa-2 asteroid…

Designing high-performance hypergolic propellants for space rockets based on the materials genome

A new generation of rocket propellants for deep space exploration such as ionic liquid propellants with…

How to cook Christmas dinner in the most environmentally friendly way possible

By now, most of us are aware that much of the food we eat, in one…

How COVID-19 puts women at more risk than men in Gauteng, South Africa

The COVID-19 pandemic has revealed stark inequalities and fissures in societies around the world. One of…

Snake and eggs for breakfast? Florida may soon encourage eating invasive pythons

Donna Kalil estimates she’s eaten a dozen pythons in the last three years or so. …

This May Be the First Complete Observation of a Nanoflare

Researchers may have found the long-sought “nanoflares” thought to heat the solar corona to its incredible…

Researchers invent method to 'sketch' quantum devices with focused electrons

It has long been a dream to invent new materials from the “top down” choosing which…

Open cluster NGC 2158 investigated in detail

Using data from ESA’s Gaia satellite, astronomers have investigated a low-metallicity galactic open cluster known as…

Cellular exclusion of mitochondria protects cells from damage

Mitochondria are cellular organelles that generate most of the energy cells need to function, and thus…

High pressure causes hydrogen variants to collapse

Hydrogen exists as a gaseous compound of two hydrogen atoms (H2). Under normal laboratory conditions, H2…