Budapest — The CERN Council on Friday approved an update to the European Strategy for Particle Physics, setting out priorities for the next decades of research and confirming plans for a possible new collider. The…
Frozen Carbon Monoxide in Pluto’s ‘Heart’
[caption id="attachment_5303" align="alignnone" width="1041"] Image Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SWRI[/caption] Peering closely at the “heart of Pluto,” in the western half of what mission scientists have informally named Tombaugh Regio (Tombaugh Region), New Horizon's , Ralph instrument revealed…
Mosquitoes Use Smell to See Their Hosts
[caption id="attachment_5300" align="alignright" width="300"] Credit: Lance Hayashida/Caltech[/caption] On summer evenings, we try our best to avoid mosquito bites by dousing our skin with bug repellents and lighting citronella candles. These efforts may keep the mosquitoes…
NASA Aircraft Assists in FAA-Approved Drone Medical Supply…
[caption id="attachment_5297" align="alignnone" width="985"] Although a pilot will be on board for safety purposes, Langley’s SR-22 unmanned aircraft system will be controlled from a portable ground station during its 30 mile flight to deliver 10…
Two crystals are better than one
Engineered structures that can alter the speed of light could benefit optical communication systems [caption id="attachment_5294" align="alignright" width="300"] Combining photonic crystals can slow the propagation of light for applications in optical communications. © 2015 A*STAR…