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Physicists capture the first sounds of heat“sloshing” in a superfluid
For the first time, MIT physicists have captured direct images of “second sound,” the movement of heat sloshing…
Benchtop test quickly identifies extremely impact-resistant materials
An intricate, honeycomb-like structure of struts and beams could withstand a supersonic impact better than a solid slab…
UW–Madison researchers first to 3D-print functional human brain tissue
A team of University of Wisconsin–Madison scientists has developed the first 3D-printed brain tissue that can grow and…
Study: Stars travel more slowly at Milky Way’s edge
The findings raise a surprising possibility: The Milky Way’s gravitational core may be lighter in mass, and contain…
Stripes in a flowing liquid crystal suggest a route to “chiral” fluids
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NEPAL BAGS SECOND PRIZE IN NASA AMES SPACE SETTLEMENT CONTEST
Amrita Tuladhar “Bring stone—Bring brick.” We all have heard the tale of Akbar and Birbal where Birbal decides to build a palace in sky for Akbar. Because it was Birbal who was going to build a palace, we can guess how the story might have ended; however, a team of six students from St.Xavier’s College […]
PolyU hosts 8th International Symposium of Intimate Apparel
Organized by the Institute of Textiles and Clothing (ITC) of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (PolyU), the Eighth International Symposium of Intimate Apparel was held at PolyU on 17 March…
HKU Chemists develops novel fluorescent probe for monitoring cell activities to achieve breakthrough in future drug discovery
Published in PNAS, the first of its kind probe can rapidly trace tens of thousands of tagged proteins inside cells. With a response time within two minutes and at a…
Houston-area Conference to Feature Planetary Science Results
NASA researchers and other scientists is going to present early science results from the agency’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution (MAVEN) mission, ESA’s (European Space Agency’s) Rosetta mission, and an exploration…