Science & Technology

Scientists control molecular alignment on a graphene surface 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 23, 2018
A fluke discovery could pave the way towards improved graphene-based electronics

By David Aragorn
Scientists use diamond in world’s first continuous room-temperature solid-state maser 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 22, 2018
The maser (microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation), the older microwave frequency sibling of the laser, was invented in 1954. However unlike lasers, which have become widespread, masers are much less widely used because in order to function they must be cooled to temperatures close to absolute zero (-273°C).

By David Aragorn
Oldest DNA from Africa offers clues to mysterious ancient culture 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 21, 2018
Ancient DNA from this skeleton, found in a Moroccan cave, is the oldest known from Africa.

By David Aragorn
How we recreated a lost African city with laser technology 0
- Ancient Archeology, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 20, 2018
There are lost cities all over the world. Some, like the remains of Mayan cities hidden beneath a thick canopy of rainforest in Mesoamerica, are found with the help of laser lights.

By David Aragorn
What we can and can’t say about Arctic warming and U.S. winters 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 19, 2018
It certainly feels like the northeastern United States is getting snowier.

By David Aragorn
NASA Science Heading to Space Ranges from the Upper Atmosphere to Microbes 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 16, 2018
A Dragon spacecraft scheduled to launch into orbit no earlier than April 2, carries the 14th SpaceX commercial resupply mission to the International Space Station for NASA.

By David Aragorn
Scientists map the portal to the cell’s nucleus 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 16, 2018
Like an island nation, the nucleus of a cell has a transportation problem. Evolution has enclosed it with a double membrane, the nuclear envelope, which protects DNA but also cuts it off from the rest of the cell. Nature’s solution is a massive—by molecular standards—cylindrical configuration known as the nuclear pore complex, through which imports

By David Aragorn
Unique diamond impurities indicate water deep in Earth’s mantle 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 15, 2018
Scientific analysis of diamond impurities — known as inclusions — reveal naturally forming ice crystals and point to water-rich regions deep below the Earth’s crust

By David Aragorn
Russian physicists make toy asteroids and blast them with a laser 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- March 15, 2018
A large team of Russian researchers from Rosatom, joined by three MIPT physicists, has modeled the impact of a nuclear explosion on an Earth-threatening asteroid.

By David Aragorn
Stephen Hawking, science’s brightest star, dies aged 76 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- March 14, 2018
The physicist and author of A Brief History of Time has died at his home in Cambridge. His children said: ‘We will miss him for ever’

By David Aragorn