NASA sees strong international interest in lunar exploration plans
WASHINGTON — There is significant interest in NASA’s new lunar exploration plans from potential international partners but the country can’t…
Mysterious Sandbar Island That Formed Last Summer Is Gone Once Again
Blink and you’ll miss it: A mysterious island that emerged off the coast of North Carolina overnight is gone once…
Novel 3-D printing method embeds sensing capabilities within robotic actuators
Soft robots that can sense touch, pressure, movement and temperature Researchers at Harvard University have built soft robots inspired by…
Fly’s Blood-Brain Barrier Has Circadian Rhythms
Getting drugs past the blood-brain barrier (BBB) is notoriously difficult, but a study published today (March 8) in Cell offers a potential…
Some Amazon Echo Devices Are Spontaneously Laughing, And Nobody Knows Why
Amazon confirmed on Wednesday that some of its Echo smart speakers were having random – and creepy – fits of laughter. “We’re aware…
New Vaccines Eradicate Large Tumors and Tumor Metastases
This scanning electron micrograph image shows the MSR-PEI scaffold presenting tumor-expressed peptides. After injection under the skin of mice the…
“Living Dead” Star Is Like Nothing Ever Seen Before
An artist’s impression of a supernova involving a massive star. (Credit: NASA, ESA, G. Bacon (STScI)) Ordinarily, a supernova marks…
China’s Tiangong-1 space station will crash to Earth within weeks
Experts say it is impossible to plot where module will re-enter the atmosphere, but the chance is higher in parts…
‘Planet Parade’ to light up night sky in March: How to watch the rare event
A parade of five planets, including Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, Mercury and Venus (pictured) along with the bright star Antares, will…
Finally, proof: opioids are no better than Tylenol for treating some chronic pain
As of 2016, 67 prescriptions were being written for every 100 Americans. Yet a high-quality randomized controlled trial was just…