Astrophysics

Heart chambers 3D printed from live human cells can beat for months

Heart chambers 3D printed from live human cells can bea...

SIN Jun 24, 2023 0 2

A new technique enables 3D printing of miniature heart chambers called ventricle...

River Thames was pumped full of oxygen in 2022 to prevent fish deaths

River Thames was pumped full of oxygen in 2022 to preve...

SIN Jun 23, 2023 0 2

Falling oxygen levels caused by sewage and hot weather saw a specialised boat de...

Endangered butterflies are being sold for high prices on eBay

Endangered butterflies are being sold for high prices o...

SIN Jun 23, 2023 0 2

More than 50,000 dead butterflies were traded on eBay in a one-year period, incl...

Odd gamma ray burst may be from a smash-up between two dead stars

Odd gamma ray burst may be from a smash-up between two ...

SIN Jun 23, 2023 0 25

Astronomers have found a blast of gamma rays from space that seems to have been ...

Clever design makes sticky tape that's strong but easily removed

Clever design makes sticky tape that's strong but easil...

SIN Jun 23, 2023 0 23

A ‘shocklingly simple’ design based on kirigami, the Japanese art of paper cutti...

The massive problem of trying to fully explain what mass actually is

The massive problem of trying to fully explain what mas...

SIN Jun 22, 2023 0 21

I can take it as a given that people have an intuition for the meaning of mass, ...

Which quantum computer is the most powerful ever? It's complicated

Which quantum computer is the most powerful ever? It's ...

SIN Jun 22, 2023 0 25

IonQ has become the latest company to claim its quantum computer is more powerfu...

Knee brace may help torn anterior cruciate ligaments heal themselves

Knee brace may help torn anterior cruciate ligaments he...

SIN Jun 22, 2023 0 26

In a study involving 80 people with ruptured anterior cruciate ligaments, 90 per...

Why medical studies of diverse populations benefit humanity as a whole

Why medical studies of diverse populations benefit huma...

SIN Jun 22, 2023 0 20

We in science and medicine aren't immune to the biases that lead to discriminati...

Centre of our galaxy has a 'zone of avoidance' and we don't know why

Centre of our galaxy has a 'zone of avoidance' and we d...

SIN Jun 22, 2023 0 4

The stars that orbit close to the Milky Way's supermassive black hole are alread...

The Milky Way could contain thousands of stars from another galaxy

The Milky Way could contain thousands of stars from ano...

SIN Jun 22, 2023 0 22

We know there are stars moving fast enough to escape the Milky Way, so the same ...

Finger marks on cave walls are among the earliest Neanderthal art

Finger marks on cave walls are among the earliest Neand...

SIN Jun 22, 2023 0 3

Symbols have been found carved on the walls of a cave in France that was inhabit...

Monarch butterflies' big white spots help them fly better

Monarch butterflies' big white spots help them fly better

SIN Jun 22, 2023 0 22

The big white spots seen on the wings of migratory monarch butterflies may have ...

Hunter-gatherers in Tanzania have incredibly diverse gut microbiomes

Hunter-gatherers in Tanzania have incredibly diverse gu...

SIN Jun 21, 2023 0 19

The huge diversity of the gut microbiome of Hadza hunter-gatherers from Tanzania...

Microsoft says its weird new particle could improve quantum computers

Microsoft says its weird new particle could improve qua...

SIN Jun 21, 2023 0 25

Researchers at Microsoft say they have created elusive quasiparticles called Maj...

Ultra-fast boxing robots could be used for real-life fighting game

Ultra-fast boxing robots could be used for real-life fi...

SIN Jun 21, 2023 0 29

Robots that respond to a person's movements in a fraction of a second could be u...

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