Physicists make precise replicas of asteroids and blast them with a powerful laser beam. It took 500 joules of energy to blast a 10-millimeter wide replica. If Earth collides with a large asteroid, its impact would be far greater than other...
PERDIX is a new, open-source tool for converting free-from drawings into 2D DNA structures. It takes a CAD file as input and transforms it into DNA structure, ranging from 10 to 100 nm in size. These synthetic DNA structures can have several...
Researchers develop an evolutionary algorithm to analyze different nanoparticle compositions. Some stable nanoparticles exhibit strange chemical compositions in normal conditions, whereas for macro objects, this usually happens in extreme...
The field of science has somehow always been considered as a field of talented men, but the important contributions of female scientists since the antiquity and the middle ages can’t be overlooked. Some of the contributions in history even...
Neuroscientists develop a new method, called SHIELD, to visualize DNA, proteins and other molecules. It can trace connections between neurons in the brain at single-cell resolution without damaging tissue. Detailed understanding of biological...
A feasibility study proposes that the laser and telescope technology on earth could be used as a beacon to attract the attention of aliens. One needs to direct 1- to 2-megawatt laser through a 30- to 45-meter telescope into space. The same laser...
DARPA wants to uncover complex events found in the digital world. Their plan is to create a semi-automated system that can detect and draw correlations between billions of events currently happening all over the world. Artificial intelligence (AI)...
TESS discovers its third exoplanet named HD 21749b. It orbits a dwarf star every 36 days, and has a surface temperature of about 150°C. It is the longest-period transiting exoplanet discovered so far within 100 light-years. In April 2018, NASA...
A poet tries to represent the laws of a topological quantum computer through poetry. The poem translates the quantum physics in both its visual structure and word choices. Poetry is a nuanced form in which language is used for its aesthetic...
Researchers develop a new technique to detect dark matter in galaxy clusters. It tracks faint light coming from a few stars that are not part of any galaxy. Then it analyzes the starlight data to see how dark matter is distributed in space. In the...
The shiny blue marble (Earth) has fascinated us since we have first begun to walk across its surface. To date, it remains the only planet we know of where life exists. Over the past few centuries, we have learned a lot about Earth, but how much does...
A new system based on transient grating spectroscopy detects radiation-induced changes to materials in real-time. Compared to existing techniques that take half a year to completely characterize a given material, it only takes a day. High radiation...