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Watch a rocket launch triple header from SpaceX, Rocket Lab and Japan tonight. Here's how.
Live Science - 12 Jun 2020 23:07
In the next 24 hours, rockets from Interstellar Technologies, Rocket Lab and SpaceX will launch from three different countries in a space age triple-header. Here's how to watch.
Hibernation in mice: Are humans next?
Neuroscience News - 12 Jun 2020 23:42
Researchers have been able to spark a hibernation-like state in mice by artificially exciting Q neurons.
The Science of Sourdough: A perfect love story of yeast and bacteria
Physics Buzz - 12 Jun 2020 16:00
The essence of the perfect slice of sourdough bread is in the air right now. It is even on your hands. The heart of the sourdough is the starter, a fermented culture of flour and water. The sour flavor of the dough comes...
Research links personality traits to toilet paper stockpiling
Neuroscience News - 12 Jun 2020 23:22
Those who score high on the personality traits of conscientiousness and emotionality are more likely to panic buy and stockpile under the threat of a natural disaster.
How to stay safe at a cookout, the library, restaurants during the COVID-19 pandemic
Live Science - 12 Jun 2020 21:33
The CDC has released additional guidance to help Americans reduce their risk of COVID-19.
Hairstylists with COVID-19 didn't infect any of their 140 clients. Face masks may be why.
Live Science - 12 Jun 2020 21:27
140 clients and six additional stylists could have been exposed to the virus.
Anti-poverty scheme linked to lower deforestation rates in Indonesia
New Scientist - 12 Jun 2020 21:00
A poverty alleviation programme has been linked with a 30 per cent reduction in forest loss in villages in Indonesia, which has the world's highest deforestation rate
Inhibitory interneurons in hippocampus excite the developing brain
Neuroscience News - 12 Jun 2020 20:42
GABAergic interneuron excitation is essential for network activity in the hippocampus of the fetal brain.
Study shows optical fields can modify electrons in metal
Phys.org - 12 Jun 2020 19:49
Pittsburgh research coauthored by team from the Department of Physics and Astronomy reveals that optical fields have the ability to modify electronic properties of a solid.
Ancient crocodile walked on two legs
Live Science - 12 Jun 2020 19:27
This ancient croc's legs were likely as long as a human's.
First coronavirus R numbers for regions within England released
New Scientist - 12 Jun 2020 18:50
The south west of England has the highest rate of coronavirus spread in the UK, with an R number estimated to be in the range of 0.8 to 1.1
Three people with inherited diseases successfully treated with CRISPR
New Scientist - 12 Jun 2020 18:20
Two people with beta thalassaemia and one with sickle cell disease no longer need blood transfusions after their blood stem cells were gene edited and put back in their bodies
Exotic, fifth state of matter created on the space station
Live Science - 12 Jun 2020 14:55
Scientists have generated an exotic form of matter in the unique microgravity environment aboard the International Space Station and are using it to explore the quantum world, a new study finds.
Live Science podcast 'Life's Little Mysteries' special report: Coronavirus (June 11)
Live Science - 12 Jun 2020 14:47
In this special episode of Life's Little Mysteries, we'll give you the latest news and answer frequently asked questions about the new coronavirus and COVID-19.
Rare quadruplet 'top quarks' created at world's largest atom smasher
Live Science - 12 Jun 2020 14:34
The world's largest atom smasher has "given birth" to a set of four ultraheavy particles -- called top quarks.
Physicists publish worldwide consensus of muon magnetic moment calculation
Phys.org - 12 Jun 2020 14:24
For decades, scientists studying the muon have been puzzled by a strange pattern in the way muons rotate in magnetic fields, one that left physicists wondering if it can be explained by the Standard Model--the best tool ...
Scientists propose data encoding method for the 6G standard
Phys.org - 12 Jun 2020 14:12
Researchers around the world are working on methods to transfer data in the terahertz (THz) range, which would make it possible to send and receive information more quickly than today's technology. But it is much more di...
Adding noise for completely secure communication
Phys.org - 12 Jun 2020 14:06
How can we protect communications against eavesdropping if we don't trust the devices used in the process? This is one of the main questions in quantum cryptography research. Researchers at the University of Basel and ET...
Anesthesia may work by targeting the fat in our brains
Live Science - 12 Jun 2020 13:00
A study in cells and fruit flies suggests a new mechanism for anesthetics.
Ancient Roman dice unearthed in cremation pit in Norway
Live Science - 12 Jun 2020 13:00
On a cliff overlooking a narrow strait in western Norway, archaeologists have discovered rare game pieces.
Indian military tests eye-tracking tech to help pilots control planes
New Scientist - 12 Jun 2020 12:00
Pilots are testing eye-tracking devices that let them flick through a plane's computer displays without taking their hands off the throttle
Printed perovskite LEDs
EurekAlert! - 12 Jun 2020 06:00
(Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin für Materialien und Energie) A team of researchers from the Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin (HZB) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin has succeeded for the first time in producing light-emitting diode...