Astrophysics

Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning one ever seen

Asteroid that broke up over Berlin was fastest-spinning...

SIN Apr 26, 2024 0 41

Before it shattered over Germany, the asteroid 2024 BX1 was clocked rotating onc...

Global warming could make tides higher as well as raising sea levels

Global warming could make tides higher as well as raisi...

SIN Apr 26, 2024 0 33

In addition to the overall rise in sea level, the heights of tides are also chan...

Deepfake politicians may have a big influence on India’s elections

Deepfake politicians may have a big influence on India’...

SIN Apr 26, 2024 0 25

Political campaigns are deploying AI-generated deepfake versions of politicians ...

Two medicines for opioid addiction also help with compulsive gambling

Two medicines for opioid addiction also help with compu...

SIN Apr 26, 2024 0 25

The medicines nalmefene and naltrexone helped compulsive gamblers reduce their b...

Swarm of nanorobots can remove tiny plastic fragments from water

Swarm of nanorobots can remove tiny plastic fragments f...

SIN Apr 26, 2024 0 54

In just 2 hours, small metal robots can capture most nanoscopic plastic particle...

Wasps use face-recognition brain cells to identify each other

Wasps use face-recognition brain cells to identify each...

SIN Apr 26, 2024 0 43

The neurons in wasp brains that help them recognise hive mates are similar to th...

Supermassive black holes may provide a nursery for mini ones to grow

Supermassive black holes may provide a nursery for mini...

SIN Apr 26, 2024 0 28

The supermassive black holes at the centres of galaxies may capture smaller blac...

Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to specific moon crater

Birthplace of red asteroid Kamo‘oalewa pinned to specif...

SIN Apr 26, 2024 0 26

The redness of asteroid 469219 Kamo‘oalewa marks it out as probably originating ...

Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sniff out cookies

Rat neuron injection lets mice that can’t smell sniff o...

SIN Apr 25, 2024 0 30

Mice that had been genetically modified to lack the ability to smell could sniff...

Modern rose hybrids have a worrying lack of genetic diversity

Modern rose hybrids have a worrying lack of genetic div...

SIN Apr 25, 2024 0 21

Intensive breeding since the 19th century has created thousands of varieties of ...

Brain activity seems to be more complex in baby girls than boys

Brain activity seems to be more complex in baby girls t...

SIN Apr 25, 2024 0 21

When fetuses and babies were exposed to sound stimuli, their brains' subsequent ...

India’s healthcare system falls short despite Modi’s improvements

India’s healthcare system falls short despite Modi’s im...

SIN Apr 25, 2024 0 33

More than 1.4 billion people live in India, giving its healthcare system a major...

Can India build a world-leading computer chip industry from scratch?

Can India build a world-leading computer chip industry ...

SIN Apr 25, 2024 0 33

India currently has a fairly small chip-manufacturing industry, but prime minist...

Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great Barrier Reef

Culling predatory starfish conserves coral on the Great...

SIN Apr 25, 2024 0 32

Targeted culling of crown-of-thorns starfish has resulted in parts of the Great ...

Quantum forces used to automatically assemble tiny device

Quantum forces used to automatically assemble tiny device

SIN Apr 25, 2024 0 54

The very weak forces of attraction caused by the Casimir effect can now be used ...

Japan’s SLIM moon lander has shockingly survived a third lunar night

Japan’s SLIM moon lander has shockingly survived a thir...

SIN Apr 25, 2024 0 27

Almost all moon landers break down during the extraordinary cold of lunar night,...

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