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02/25/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Novel smart material can respond dynamically to its environment
Researchers from Brown University have built a new smart material that combines the strength of graphene oxide and the oil-repelling ability of an alginate hydrogel. Not only is the material is stronger than pure alginate — the base material for many biomedical devices — but it can also change its attributes according to the state of its environment. Alginate is […]
02/25/2019
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By Edsel Cook
New study overturns classic ideas about volcanic eruptions
When you were younger, you were probably taught that volcanoes contained a central chamber filled with molten material called magma. But a British study claims that that there is no such underground space inside a volcano, only many small pockets filled with crystals and magma. These findings are earthshaking in more ways than one. Our […]
02/23/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Researchers unlock the extraordinary potential of graphene
There is a good reason why graphene has failed to live up to its hype as a revolutionary “supermaterial,” Australian researchers revealed. They found that silicon contaminants in the graphite raw material are to blame for its under-performance – and if the impurities can be eliminated, graphene can finally attain its true power as an electronics […]
02/20/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Groundbreaking telescopes have now found more than 100 exoplanets in only 3 months
The doughty Kepler Space Telescope might have finally been put to sleep in October 2018, but its successor is picking up the pace. Working alongside ground-based counterparts, the TESS space observatory has spotted more than 100 new extrasolar planets in just three months. Per the report of the multi-national team of researchers who conducted the […]
02/20/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Scientists discover first synthetic material that THICKENS as it is stretched
After nearly four decades of hard work, researchers have finally been able to come up with an artificial material that does not get thinner when it is forced to stretch. Instead, it is the first synthetic that actually gets thicker thanks to the property of auxetic stretching. Auxetics are materials and structures that do the […]
02/16/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Newly-found star system in our galaxy could produce a gamma ray burst, one of the brightest events in the universe
We now have proof that there is a star system within the Milky Way galaxy that can give off a gamma ray burst when it finally dies in a couple of hundred thousand years or so — even if we will not be around to witness it finally going off like the massive nuclear firecracker it is. These […]
02/16/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Has the second “alien megastructure” been found?
A recently discovered star is flickering intermittently, almost as if its light is being blocked off by something big – or many somethings – in orbit around it. Some researchers are theorizing that it could be another instance of a star surrounded by an alien megastructure. Discovered during the Vista Variables in the Via Lactea […]
02/16/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Geological curiosity: Mars “blueberries” reveal what ancient Mars may have looked like
The “blueberries” of Mars are not the least bit organic, much less edible. But the small, ferrous spheres strewn across the surface of Mars could tell us about the Red Planet during the time when liquid water flowed across its young face. First discovered by NASA’s Opportunity rover in 2004, the hematite-rich geologic features look like […]
02/06/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Astronomers find strong evidence of a frigid alien world just 6 light years away from the sun
Our Sun’s second closest neighboring star might not be alone, after all. A recent Spanish astronomical study theorized that a massive exoplanet is orbiting Barnard’s Star. The newly-discovered world is believed to be a frozen planet that is several times bigger than Earth. Named after an American astronomer, Barnard’s Star is a red dwarf star […]
02/06/2019
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By Edsel Cook
Engineers are developing a new class of nanofibers that mimic polar bear fur, lotus leaves, and gecko feet
A newly-engineered class of nanofibers will be able to copy the unique properties found in natural materials. Coatings made from these nanomaterials can match the warmth of the white fur of polar bears, repel water like the lotus plant, and stick to surfaces like the sure-footed geckos. The nanofibers are the creation of researchers from the University of […]
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