A stream of liquid water could be brimming beneath the craggy, tan rock crust on Mars, enough to make up a whole ocean, according to a NASA study, whose results were published on Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Here’s more about NASA’s latest discovery, and what it tells us …
The research team previously developed a blood test that could identify Alzheimer’s disease, with a claimed accuracy rate of more than 96 per cent, but the latest version of the screening can discover the condition in its early stages. The latest test has an accuracy rate of more than 87 per cent, according to the …
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Scientists are seeking to build a supercollider three times larger than the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) in a bid to access more of the universe’s secrets. So far the LHC has enabled researchers to detect a new particle called the Higgs Boson but since the discovery in 2012 further attempts to uncover dark matter and …
In a bid to overcome setbacks, Japan is set to attempt a soft landing on the moon’s surface with the Smart Lander for Investigating Moon early Saturday morning (January 20). The country seeks to join the exclusive club of nations achieving a successful soft landing on the moon. The United States, Russia (erstwhile USSR), China, …
Located on the outskirts of Paris, the SOLEIL synchrotron is a unique particle accelerator in which electrons are spun close to the speed of light. Whizzing round a 354-metre ring, these electrons give off energy in the form of intense beams of light that researchers use to conduct experiments. Issued on: 10/12/2023 – 16:13 1 …
As part of his mission to the International Space Station more than more than 20 years ago, former French astronaut Philippe Perrin got to perform three spacewalks. He tells RFI about the most distinct memories of his mission above the Earth. Issued on: 03/12/2023 – 16:59 1 min Of the three times Perrin had to …
Bleached octocorals and adjacent less/unbleached octocorals in September 2015 in Florida Keys. Photo: C.L. Lewis The algae, from the genus Breviolum, resides inside the coral tissue, forming a symbiotic relationship BUFFALO, N.Y. — Scleractinian corals, or hard corals, have been disappearing globally over the past four decades, a result of climate change, pollution, unsustainable coastal …