Category: 7. Science

Oct. 23 (UPI) — SpaceX launched a Spanish communications satellite atop a Falcon 9 rocket Thursday night from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida in a rare expendable mission.

The rocket deployed the SpainSat NG 2 satellite about 35…

In the fields of civil engineering, aerospace, biomedical engineering, and more, shape memory alloys (SMAs) have garnered widespread attention owing to their distinctive properties. Among them, nickel-titanium (NiTi)…

NEW YORK – Researchers have unearthed a spooky pair of dinosaur mummies that seem to have been preserved in an unexpected way.

These dinosaur remains are different from the wrapped mummies of Egypt or natural human mummies that get…

Just when you thought you’d seen everything in the boreal forest, a reader points out white whiskers sprouting from the ground.

Chris Greenfield-Pastro of Fairbanks sent in photos of what she called “hair ice”…

Threats from space aren’t always obvious, but statistically its only a matter of time before one of them happens. One of the most concerning for many space experts is a massive solar storm, like the one that literally lit telegraph…

Newswise — Humanity’s drive to explore has taken us across the solar system, with astronaut boots, various landers and rovers’ wheels exploring the surfaces of several different planetary bodies. These…

Researchers from Australia’s University of Queensland have made a microscopic “ocean” on a silicon chip to miniaturise the study of wave dynamics.

The device, made at UQ’s School of Mathematics and Physics, uses a layer of…

Researchers from Australia’s University of Queensland have made a microscopic “ocean” on a silicon chip to miniaturise the study of wave dynamics.

The device, made at UQ’s School of Mathematics and Physics,…

Newswise — Georgia Tech researchers have developed a mathematical formula to predict the size of lakes that form on melting ice sheets — discovering their depth and span are linked to the topography of the ice…