NASA's asteroid deflection mission was more successful than expected. An expert explains how

Oct 13, 2022 11:45 am UTC| Science

On September 26, after a nine-month journey through the Solar System, NASAs Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) mission impacted an asteroid called Dimorphos. NASA scored a bullseye, with DART roughly the size of a...

Nobel-winning quantum weirdness undergirds an emerging high-tech industry, promising better ways of encrypting communications and imaging your body

Oct 11, 2022 04:32 am UTC| Insights & Views Science

Unhackable communications devices, high-precision GPS and high-resolution medical imaging all have something in common. These technologies some under development and some already on the market all rely on the...

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Our moon has been slowly drifting away from Earth over the past 2.5 billion years

Oct 11, 2022 04:27 am UTC| Science

Looking up at the moon in the night sky, you would never imagine that it is slowly moving away from Earth. But we know otherwise. In 1969, NASAs Apollo missions installed reflective panels on the moon. These have shown...

USDA approves genetically-modified purple tomato

Sep 29, 2022 23:47 pm UTC| Health Science Economy Business

The US Department of Agriculture approved the genetically modified purple tomato to extend its shelf life and boost nutritional quality almost 15 years after its development. According to biochemist Cathie Martin, she...

S. Korea’s Celltrion Partners with US firm Abpro for breast cancer treatment

Sep 22, 2022 23:57 pm UTC| Health Science Economy Business

South Koreas Celltrion Inc. will jointly develop and work on the market release with Abpro Corp. of the US on a breast cancer treatment candidate ABP 10 Under the deal, Celltrion will receive US$10 million in milestone...

Why does nature create patterns? A physicist explains the molecular-level processes behind crystals, stripes and basalt columns

Sep 20, 2022 06:20 am UTC| Science

Why does nature always create a pattern? Saloni G., age 16, Alwar, Rajasthan, India The reason patterns often appear in nature is simple: The same basic physical or chemical processes occur in many patterned...

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For the first time, robots on Mars found meteorite impact craters by sensing seismic shock waves

Sep 20, 2022 06:16 am UTC| Science

Since 2018, NASAs InSight mission to Mars has recorded seismic waves from more than 1,300 marsquakes in its quest to probe the internal structure of the red planet. The solar panels of the car-sized robotic lander have...