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Results of Boaty McBoatface's First Research Mission Published
The little yellow submarine named by the internet explored the Southern Ocean, finding surface winds drive mixing in the deep abyss
Tuna Brands Ranked: The Results Are Surprising
How does your tuna measure up? Read on to find out.
Why Mars InSight Will Be a Mission of Firsts
Reasons why you should pay attention to this mission to the Red Planet.
Why We Can’t Send Humans to Mars Yet (And How We’ll Fix That)
There's been a recent uptick in the idea of a human mission to Mars. While such plans are exciting, they also happen to be technologically impossible right now. Wired Science provides a checklist of all the new technology we'd have to develop in order to actually get humans to Mars.
How is nanotechnology impacting soft materials research?
Nano Nugget featuring Dr. Craighead from the National Nanotechnology Coordinated Infrastructure Cornell Nanoscale Science and Technology Facility
7 reasons why the New Horizons Pluto mission is a big deal
There hasn't been a mission like this in a generation.
4 big ideas that highlight technology’s impact on research
From research collaboration tools to innovative uses of AI, here are some highlights of the tech talks at ESOF
Did we discover a new force of nature? New results from CERN
Results suggested muon decay was only happening about 85% as often as the electron decay. Assuming the result is correct, this could only be explained by some new force of nature that pulls on electrons and muons differently is interfering with how beauty quarks decay.
Robot chemist that does its own research
University researchers have built a robot that uses artificial intelligence to discover new molecules.
A step closer to conducting top-level research in physics
Experiments in astrophysics and nuclear and particle physics are crucial to analyse how the universe works. These usually require complex detector systems whose design and testing necessitate a deep understanding of a variety of topics in physics, electronics and computing. Thanks to the EU-funded PaRaDeSEC project, a research institute in Croatia has taken a major step in strengthening its potential for the development, testing and construction…
New Research Questions The Multiverse Theory, Calls For A New Law Of Dark Energy
If the Multiverse exists, it could be teeming with life, but it still doesn’t explain why our universe has so little dark energy, reveal a pair of new studies. The Multiverse theory states that ...
Researchers have successfully cloned healthy monkeys; are we next?
Chinese researchers have successfully cloned monkeys. While the ethics of cloning continue to be debated, researchers have succeeded in cloning healthy monkeys. Are we next
