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As the night closed in on Spain and Portugal on 28 April, polar satellites followed the blackout that…

May 13, 20253 min read
Visualizing the Mechanics of Hormone-Driven Gene Activation: Insights into Breast Cancer

Visualizing the Mechanics of Hormone-Driven Gene Activation: Insights into Breast Cancer

Scientists at Nano Life Science Institute (WPI-NanoLSI), Kanazawa University have captured real-time footage showing how a key hormone…

May 13, 20253 min read
ALMA Inspires New Models for the Evolution of Planet-Forming Disks

ALMA Inspires New Models for the Evolution of Planet-Forming Disks

By combining ALMA observations and simulations, the ODISEA team traces how planets may form and reshape their disks

May 12, 20255 min read
System lets robots identify an object’s properties through handling

System lets robots identify an object’s properties through handling

With a novel simulation method, robots can guess the weight, softness, and other physical properties of an object…

May 9, 20256 min read
Ireland to become an Associate Member State of CERN

Ireland to become an Associate Member State of CERN

CERN Director-General Fabiola Gianotti and the Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science of Ireland,…

May 9, 20253 min read
Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision

Ping pong bot returns shots with high-speed precision

MIT engineers are getting in on the robotic ping pong game with a powerful, lightweight design that returns…

May 9, 20257 min read

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Independent science is managed and developed by individuals not by organizations

Independent science is managed and developed by individuals not by organizations

ByAmrita TuladharMar 6, 201611 min read

Science Talk: Theoretically speaking, there is no differences between developing and the well developed countries because all countries need to treat well themselves from the level they are today.

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns Safely to Earth after One-Year Mission

NASA Astronaut Scott Kelly Returns Safely to Earth after One-Year Mission

ByAmrita TuladharMar 3, 20165 min read

NASA astronaut and Expedition 46 Commander Scott Kelly and his Russian counterpart Mikhail Kornienko returned to Earth Tuesday after a historic 340-day mission aboard the International Space Station.

ESA in partnership with Europe’s railway

ESA in partnership with Europe’s railway

ByAmrita TuladharFeb 23, 20162 min read

A new ESA initiative is considering the ways that space can add value to the network as it enters its third century of operations.

Global Academies Release New Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Scientific Research

Global Academies Release New Guide to the Responsible Conduct of Scientific Research

ByAmrita TuladharFeb 14, 20164 min read

The InterAcademy Partnership (IAP), a global network of science and medical academies, publishes ‘Doing Global Science: A Guide to Responsible Conduct in the Global Research Enterprise’.