A localized dust storm on Mars may have played a key role in driving water into the planet’s upper atmosphere, offering fresh clues to how the Red Planet lost much of its water over billions…
Which piece resembles your color perception for #theDress…
A novel algorithm to simulate the color appearance of objects under chromatic illuminants has been proposed by Ichiro Kuriki of Tohoku University. [caption id="attachment_14803" align="alignright" width="427"] Simulation of individual differences in the appearance of #theDress…
Microorganisms can escape from a dead end by…
Researchers at Tohoku University in Japan have shown that microorganisms can ingeniously escape from a dead end by swimming. The results pave the way to understanding the spread of infectious diseases. [caption id="attachment_14800" align="alignnone" width="654"]…
Superconductivity in an Alloy with Quasicrystal Structure
Japanese researchers have observed superconductivity in a quasicrystal for the first time. [caption id="attachment_14796" align="alignnone" width="1280"] An electron diffraction pattern of Al-Zn-Mg quasicrystal with a dodecahedron forming a Bergman-type cluster.Credit : Keiichiro Imura, Noriaki K.…
Chaotic web of filaments in a Milky Way…
[caption id="attachment_14793" align="alignnone" width="700"] Credit: ESA/Herschel/PACS, SPIRE/Hi-GAL Project. Acknowledgement: UNIMAP / L. Piazzo, La Sapienza - Università di Roma; E. Schisano / G. Li Causi, IAPS/INAF, Italy[/caption] The plane of the Milky Way is rich…