A team of Chinese scientists and their foreign colleagues has for the first time discovered evidence for a signal induced by the Moon's tidal influence on the Earth's plasmasphere, the inner part of the magnetosphere, which is filled with cold plasma.

The company has launched eight missions this year already.

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A research team, led by Professor Sung Ho Park in the Department of Biological Sciences at UNIST announced the results of a study on osteoblasts that damage joint bones in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. In this study, the research team studied the possib…

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From tsunamis to vibrational waves to lightning storms, the Hunga Tonga–Hunga Ha‘apai explosion is still surprising researchers with superlative discoveries.

The experimental aeroplane X-57, developed by Nasa, is due to fly for the first time this year. It has an impressive 14 propellers along its wings and is...

Batteries will almost certainly be powering our short-haul flights in the near future and if there is a revolution in battery technology then the future of aviation will be completely changed.Eventually, we will be faced with an ultimatum either we figure out…

Carbon (C) in soil is essential for reducing and responding to climate change worldwide. The measurement of in-situ soil carbon sequestration encounters several challenges, including aerial covering, costs, precision, and availability. Carbon sequestration an…

When an embryo is formed, its genes – donated by a fertilising sperm and egg – are silent. Somehow, at an early stage of development, embryo genes must be switched on. Without this vital 'genes on' switch in the embryo, none of us would be here, yet

STORY: Astronomers in Greece observed a 'green' comet as it passed close to Earththe first time it’s done so in 50,000 years, when Neanderthals still...

The Journal of Antibiotics - Phaeolschidin F, a new symmetrical bis(styrylpyrone) derivative with redox-catalyzing activity from the mushroom Gymnopilus aeruginosus (order Agaricales)

This finding is helping scientists better understand the 60-year-old mystery.

Astronomy Image of the Day But a young, local space enthusiast has also dedicated countless hours to learning the advanced mechanics behind capturing detailed images of celestial objects. The results of his efforts are nothing short of spellbinding, attractin…

With data-driven methods such as de novo protein design and iterative engineering, drug development is becoming more deliberate and systematic.

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Researchers on Wednesday unwrapped the results of biochemical examinations of 31 ceramic vessels that once held embalming substances at the archaeologically-rich Saqqara site near Cairo, deciphering the chemistry of the mummification practice used for millenn…

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Scientists on Wednesday detailed a massive star that had so much of its material siphoned off by the gravitational tug of a companion star in a stellar marriage called a binary system that by the time it came to explode at the end of its life cycle it could b…

The joint work will apply AI foundation model technology by IBM to NASA's Earth-observing satellite data for the first time.

Scientists probe the source of stochastic occurrence of super-knock in engines running on hydrogen / methane fuels

The influence of China’s science and technology journals continues to grow, with more of these journals now included in key global periodical retrieval systems, according to a recent report from the Institute of Scientific and Technical Information under the …

If you want to know where you are in space, you’d better bring along a map. But it’s a little more complicated than riding shotgun on a family road trip. Spacecraft navigation beyond Earth orbit is usually carried out by mission control. A series of radio com…