Adding Graphene to Fabrics Turns It Into a Perfect Force Field Against Mosquitoes
This is especially big news from a global health perspective, since mosquitoes spread dangerous diseases and viruses to millions every year.
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This is especially big news from a global health perspective, since mosquitoes spread dangerous diseases and viruses to millions every year.
Will the true identity of last week’s purported neutron star-black hole merger ever be discovered?
The International Astronomical Union has approved new names for five recently discovered moons around Jupiter.
With the help of animal experiments, researchers claim to have identified important changes to the immune system possibly caused by tick bites.
A new timelapse video produced by NASA shows the movement of carbon monoxide in the upper atmosphere above South America from August 8-22.
There is apparently a risk that malfunction of the SpaceX vehicle during flight will create an overpressure event that could shatter windows in the area.
The story these fossils tell is one we can instantly imagine and understand.
Archaeologists first found the site in 2005, which included a pile of cut wood and artifacts like remnants of wheat and string.
These rocks look a whole lot like certain types of meteorites found on Earth, suggesting a possible link between rocks on Earth and rocks in space.
Findings like this can tell us what features of the brain were lost to evolution and which ones derive from a common ancestor.
An experiment has failed to find evidence of a particle meant to explain most of the universe’s mass - but the search isn’t over.
Breathing polluted air is bad for us in ways that go well beyond lung disease.
“The result suggests that dogs communicate distress to humans and that pet ownership is linked to greater emotional sensitivity to these sounds.”
The effects of pollution on human health are often subtle yet wide-reaching.
The spread has almost one-fourth of the fat and calories of real butter, but looks and feels like the real thing.
This announcement is an exciting step forward for those wondering whether extraterrestrial life exists in our own solar system.
