Testing Two Materials As Potential Cometary And Asteroid Analogs
The advent of newspace and commercial space (SpaceX, Blue Origin, etc.) in the early 2000s has brought about the resurgence of the decades-old concept of…
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Habitability: An Atmospheric Consequence?
More than 3000 planets outside our Solar system have been discovered. Around 20 of them are “Goldilocks planets,” planets that orbit the region surrounding a…
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Novel Methods To Minimize Coal Dust Exposure
Coal dust pneumoconiosis is the number one killer of coal miners in China. According to the National Occupational Disease Report released by the National Health…
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Fragment Size Distribution As A Smoking Gun Of Asteroid Family Formation
Among the asteroids, small worlds orbiting the Sun between Mars and Jupiter, we find those genetically related to each other. They are members of the…
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Feline Ovarian Tissue Cryopreservation: An Alternative To Promote Reproduction In Endangered Species
Cryobiology is the study of life at subzero temperatures. But our interest in it is other than creating new lifestyles for survival in glacial environments….
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Family Feuds: The Consequences Of Mass Eviction In Banded Mongooses
Family feuds, sibling squabbles, and rows with relatives. Sound familiar? We all know that families can be the source of great conflict as well as…
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When Brain Bleeds Glutamate: A New Perspective On Alzheimer’s Disease
Deposition of amyloid beta (Aβ) plaques in the brain is the most acknowledged feature of Alzheimer’s disease. Despite decades of research, debate persists over the…
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Sex And The Placebo Effect: Women Learn, And Men Just Listen!
The placebo effect describes the improvement of symptoms in a clinical trial of a new therapy, e.g. a new drug, where some patients receive an…
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When Should Herbivores Scrounge For Food From Other Group Members?
At some point in our lives, we have all had at least one friend that constantly mooched off us. You know the one — they…
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Researchers Find Evidence Of Martian Paraglacial Period
Most of the surface of Mars is currently too cold, and the atmosphere is too thin, for liquid water to be present on the surface….
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Lead Iodide Nanosheets For Piezoelectric Energy Conversion And Strain Sensing
Harvesting ambient mechanical energy or sensing the mechanical signals based on nanomaterials for self-powered and flexible systems can provide potentially revolutionary advancements in energy technologies….
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