Popping water balloons in space! Without gravity, surface tension pulls the bulk of the water together again into new blobs, even after the energy release from breaking the skin!
We're celebrating Nature's covers, and the human art of scientific illustration in the age of artificial intelligence.
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Every second, the Sun ejects 1.5 million tons of material into space at hundreds of miles per second, but Earth's magnetic field protects it from the solar wind.
📽: NASA Goddard
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A new sensor led by NASA Goddard, called AstroPix, works similarly to cellphone camera sensors. Instead of taking selfies, though, they’re measuring gamma rays. Gamma rays are a high-energy form of light that come from events like solar flares.
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Agency is a hotly contested term among biologists, with some rejecting it outright and others considering it a key part of life. Tune into this week’s episode The Quanta Podcast as we go deep on what it means to be alive: https://t.co/5oG8uMWFty
Hiding out-of-sight on our produce, pipes, and even teeth are tiny bacterial cells enmeshed within a sticky web. These microbial clusters—known as biofilms—are more resistant to antibiotics and other weapons.
Researchers have discovered another surprising way they survive: ejecting some of their cells as if they were escape pods jettisoned from a doomed sci-fi spaceship, researchers report.
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"The language of science is a language under stress. Words are being made to describe things that seem indescribable in words – equations, chemical structures and so forth. Words do not, cannot mean all that they stand for, yet they are all we have to describe experience. By being a natural language under tension, the language of science is inherently poetic."
- Roald Hoffmann, chemistry laureate
The FDA’s drive to reduce animal testing in drug development has coincided with a boom in AI-powered biosimulation techniques such as multi-agent virtual scientists and digital twins, while organoids and other mature methods embrace AI to ramp up predictive power https://t.co/r04a9Ykqkb
An experiment with a charged molecule of bismuth and carbon reveals how effects from Albert Einstein’s special relativity reshape the standard understanding of chemical bonds https://t.co/qG4aqqlQSk
Marine life is now protected by a landmark international treaty on the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity.
The agreement will protect life in areas beyond national waters, representing more than two-thirds of the ocean.
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July is the peak opportunity to experience life outdoors. Seasonal landscapes, annual cultural celebrations, and wildlife encounters are best enjoyed at this time of year, and these destinations are well worth considering for your next getaway. 🔗 https://t.co/gYzg2GGmTk
Scientists have untangled the nuanced, tissue-specific effects of allosteric compounds that activate the fatty acid receptor FFAR2—findings that could inform the design of more selective therapeutics. @SciSignal https://t.co/yb4FDCcF0U