Astrophysics

Layer of graphene could help protect statues and paintings from damage

Layer of graphene could help protect statues and painti...

SIN Jan 29, 2024 0 22

Covering paintings with very thin layers of graphene, or mixing graphene-derived...

Japan's SLIM moon lander regains power nine days after botched landing

Japan's SLIM moon lander regains power nine days after ...

SIN Jan 29, 2024 0 3

SLIM was put into hibernation after landing on the moon upside down, but it woke...

Heating and cooling are fundamentally different, not opposites

Heating and cooling are fundamentally different, not op...

SIN Jan 29, 2024 0 2

Conventional thermodynamics says that heating and cooling are essentially mirror...

Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry periods

Plagues that shook the Roman Empire linked to cold, dry...

SIN Jan 27, 2024 0 2

A study reconstructing the climate of Italy during the Roman Empire based on mar...

Patch with octopus-like suckers helps drugs penetrate the skin

Patch with octopus-like suckers helps drugs penetrate t...

SIN Jan 27, 2024 0 3

A rubbery patch studded with suction cups that imitate the suckers on octopus li...

Fast-growing engineered cow cells could slash cost of cultured meat

Fast-growing engineered cow cells could slash cost of c...

SIN Jan 26, 2024 0 3

Engineered cells that make the substances they need to grow could dramatically r...

Watch a robot with living muscles walk through water

Watch a robot with living muscles walk through water

SIN Jan 26, 2024 0 3

A tiny, biohybrid robot moves by contracting lab-grown muscle tissue in its legs...

The chemist who told us to put salt in our tea explains why she did it

The chemist who told us to put salt in our tea explains...

SIN Jan 26, 2024 0 2

After causing an international incident by suggesting that adding salt to your c...

Learning piano triggers complex changes to your brain's activity

Learning piano triggers complex changes to your brain's...

SIN Jan 26, 2024 0 5

Learning to play the piano causes various changes in activity in areas of the br...

Writing things down may help you remember information more than typing

Writing things down may help you remember information m...

SIN Jan 26, 2024 0 5

Writing words down increases connectivity linked to memory and learning between ...

Newly discovered smoking stars emit huge clouds and we don't know why

Newly discovered smoking stars emit huge clouds and we ...

SIN Jan 26, 2024 0 2

A never-before-seen type of star that puffs out enormous clouds challenges our i...

Japan's rolling and hopping lunar rovers send back images of the moon

Japan's rolling and hopping lunar rovers send back imag...

SIN Jan 26, 2024 0 23

Japan’s Smart Lander for Investigating Moon (SLIM) didn’t last long after it lan...

Mysterious black hole jets may be the source of powerful cosmic rays

Mysterious black hole jets may be the source of powerfu...

SIN Jan 26, 2024 0 2

Observations of the microquasar SS 433 provide clues to how these small black ho...

Silicon Valley’s top AI models are terrible at rebus wordplay puzzles

Silicon Valley’s top AI models are terrible at rebus wo...

SIN Jan 26, 2024 0 2

Rebus puzzles provide wordplay challenges involving both images and text, and th...

Tiny marsupials sacrifice sleep for sex during the breeding season

Tiny marsupials sacrifice sleep for sex during the bree...

SIN Jan 25, 2024 0 5

Antechinus males only live for one breeding season, so they give up 3 hours of s...

Robot dinosaur tests surprising theory about the evolution of feathers

Robot dinosaur tests surprising theory about the evolut...

SIN Jan 25, 2024 0 2

Experiments with a robotic dinosaur suggest feathers may have evolved to startle...

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