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Astronomy May 17, 2024

Astronomers detect rare neutral atomic-carbon absorbers with deep neural network

Recently, an international team led by Prof. Ge Jian from the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory of the Chinese Academy of Sciences conducted a search for rare weak signals in quasar spectral data released by the Sloan Digital ...

Biotechnology May 17, 2024

Researchers use machine-learning modeling tools to improve zinc-finger nuclease editing technology

Genome editing is making inroads into biomedical research and medicine. By employing biomolecule modeling tools, a Japanese research team is accelerating the pace and cutting the cost of zinc finger nuclease (ZFN) technology, ...

Archaeology May 17, 2024

A devastating fire 2,200 years ago preserved a moment of life and war in Iron Age Spain, down to a single gold earring

A ruined building in the middle of the Pyrenees records a tragedy for the people who lived there—a devastating fire that burned a settlement to the ground, destroying almost everything except a hidden gold earring. Now ...

Earth Sciences May 16, 2024

Airborne technology brings new hope to map shallow aquifers in Earth's most arid deserts

Water shortages are expanding across the Earth. This is particularly acute in desert areas of the Middle East that are subject to both drought and extreme conditions such as flooding. As a result of these uncertainties, there ...

Planetary Sciences May 16, 2024

The impact of inter-satellite links on the ECOM model performance for BDS‑3 MEO satellites

Inter-satellite link (ISL) plays an essential role in current and future Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). A recent study, conducted by Wuhan University's GNSS Research Center and published in Satellite Navigation ...

Space Exploration May 16, 2024

Glitch on BepiColombo: Work ongoing to restore spacecraft to full thrust

BepiColombo, the joint ESA/JAXA mission to Mercury, has experienced an issue that is preventing the spacecraft's thrusters from operating at full power.

Astronomy May 16, 2024

Q&A: Stellar insights—the Mauve mission's journey into the cosmos

In a quest to study the variety of stars in our galaxy, the Mauve mission has emerged to provide a stronger understanding of the characteristics of stars—including their magnetic activity, flare evolution, and influence ...

Astronomy May 16, 2024

How NASA tracked the most intense solar storm in decades

May 2024 has already proven to be a particularly stormy month for our sun. During the first full week of May, a barrage of large solar flares and coronal mass ejections (CMEs) launched clouds of charged particles and magnetic ...

Earth Sciences May 16, 2024

International study finds lightning storms are causing sea ice to melt faster at the North Pole

An international study with the participation of researchers from Tel Aviv University has found that alongside the general warming of the globe, lightning storms have been directly hastening the ongoing process of sea ice ...

Optics & Photonics May 16, 2024

Researchers achieve ultra-high-Q free space coupling to microtoroid resonators

Scientists from the University of Arizona have achieved far-field coupling of light to ultra-high quality factor microtoroids using a single objective lens. This could provide the foundation for a fully on-chip multiplexed ...

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