NASA Research Examines the Costs and Benefits of Orbital Debris Clearance
Astronomy

NASA Research Examines the Costs and Benefits of Orbital Debris Clearance

Laurel, Maryland — According to NASA research, some ways of eliminating orbital junk could pay for themselves in less than a decade by lowering the…
Infrared Exoplanets Revealed by Webb’s Coronagraphs
Astronomy

Infrared Exoplanets Revealed by Webb’s Coronagraphs

Exoplanet research is an important component of the James Webb Space Telescope’s scientific objectives. We asked NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center’s Deputy Observatory Project Scientist…
Microsoft’s Activision Proposal Receives a Boost in the United Kingdom
Technology

Microsoft’s Activision Proposal Receives a Boost in the United Kingdom

Microsoft’s $69 billion takeover offer for US video game behemoth Activision Blizzard was approved on Friday after Britain’s competition watchdog limited its investigation to cloud…
Robotic Caterpillar Demonstrates a Novel Method of Motions for Flexible Robotics
Technology

Robotic Caterpillar Demonstrates a Novel Method of Motions for Flexible Robotics

Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated a caterpillar-like soft robot that can move forward, backward and dip under narrow spaces. The caterpillar-bot’s movement…
An AI approach to Brain Imaging Tests may aid in the Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease
Technology

An AI approach to Brain Imaging Tests may aid in the Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease

Artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect Alzheimer’s disease from routine brain imaging tests such as MRI scans. AI algorithms can analyze these scans…
A Harvard Scientist Prepares a Pacific Voyage to Locate the First Interstellar Meteor
Astronomy

A Harvard Scientist Prepares a Pacific Voyage to Locate the First Interstellar Meteor

A voyage to the Pacific is being planned by a well-known Harvard scientist in search of what he believes may have been an alien artifact…
How the Thylacosmilus, a “Marsupial Sabertooth,” Perceived the Universe
Biology

How the Thylacosmilus, a “Marsupial Sabertooth,” Perceived the Universe

Using teeth so big they stretched across the top of its cranium, an ancient carnivorous marsupial cousin with wide-set eyes like a bovine or a…
Social Isolation Causes Astrocyte-mediated Learning and Memory Deficits
Psychology

Social Isolation Causes Astrocyte-mediated Learning and Memory Deficits

There is some evidence to suggest that social isolation may indeed have an impact on learning and memory through astrocyte-mediated mechanisms. Astrocytes are a type…
Cell Sheet Delivery System Developed That Is Similar To Transfer Tattoos
Technology

Cell Sheet Delivery System Developed That Is Similar To Transfer Tattoos

A team of experts from Korea and other countries recently announced the effective creation of a cell sheet that resembles a transfer tattoo and can…
Researchers Develop a Production Method for Spintronics that Could Transform the Electronics Sector
Technology

Researchers Develop a Production Method for Spintronics that Could Transform the Electronics Sector

Researchers from the University of Minnesota Twin Cities and a group from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a ground-breaking method…
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