deepai Gravity feels reliable — stable and consistent enough to count on. But reality is far stranger than our intuition. In truth, the strength of gravity varies over the Earth’s surface. And it is weakest…
UW’s Holloway to lead NASA Health and Air…
[caption id="attachment_9573" align="alignright" width="448"] Nitrogen dioxide pollution, as detected by NASA’s Aura satellite, has decreased across the United States. Blue and green denote lower concentrations and orange and red areas denote higher concentrations. IMAGE:…
Putting the pressure on platinum
Hokkaido University researchers have synthesised a uniquely structured platinum-based superconducting material. [caption id="attachment_9569" align="alignright" width="300"] Electron microscopic image(left) and schematic image(right) of LaPt5As crystal[/caption] Superconductors are materials that, when cooled below a certain temperature, conduct…
Mitochondrial maps reveal new connections to poorly understood…
[caption id="attachment_9561" align="alignnone" width="775"] UW-Madison chemistry graduate student Emily Wilkerson prepares a mass spectrometer to analyze a mitochondrial protein sample. PHOTO: JOSH COON/MORGRIDGE INSTITUTE FOR RESEARCH[/caption] Mitochondria are the engines that drive cellular life, but…
New analytical tool for fluorescence detection of double-stranded…
A pharmaceutical company has rushed a special drug that once saved the life of a girl who contracted a usually deadly brain-eating amoeba to a South Carolina hospital with its own patient fighting the disease.…