'Heartbeat Stars' Unlocked in New Study
Matters of the heart can be puzzling and mysterious -- so too with unusual astronomical objects called heartbeat stars.
MARS RECONNAISSANCE ORBITER VIEWS SCHIAPARELLI LANDING SITE
NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter has identified new markings on the surface of the Red Planet that are believed to be related to ESA’s ExoMars Schiaparelli entry, descent and landing technology demonstrator module.
Uranus May Have Two Undiscovered Moons
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft flew by Uranus 30 years ago, but researchers are still making discoveries from the data it gathered then. A new study led by University of Idaho researchers suggests there could be two tiny, previously undiscovered moonlets...
Boeing-Equipped P-8A Training Center Opens at Whidbey Island
Boeing has installed a new P-8A Poseidon training center at Naval Air Station Whidbey Island, Wash., as the base begins preparations for the arrival of P-8 aircraft beginning in 2017.
A new spin on superconductivity: Harvard physicists pass spin information through a superconductor
Every electronic device -- from a supercomputer to a dishwasher -- works by controlling the flow of charged electrons. But electrons can carry so much more information than just charge; electrons also spin, like a gyroscope on axis.
Pokhara (Nepal) all set to host KaSAM-2016: An International Scientific Meeting on Advanced Materials
Santosh Thapa, PhD Fellow at the US based University of North Texas Health Science Center and one of the members of the Organizing Committee informed us that “More than 140 research papers on recent advancement in material sciences and engineering...
2D-nanocellulose: piezoelectric driven by a hydrogen bonds pattern
In the next coming years nanocellulose (NC) would attract lot of attention from industrial researchers (market value is estimated to be 530 M$ worldwide by 2020)(1). The process of development and functionalization of NC materials is being promising...
Mission Prepares for Next Jupiter Pass
Mission managers for NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have decided to postpone the upcoming burn of its main rocket motor originally scheduled for Oct. 19. This burn, called the period reduction maneuver (PRM), was to reduce Juno's orbital period around...
