The cross section of a glass fiber produced at Rice University contains tens of millions of carbon nanotubes. The lab is continually improving its method of making fibers, which tests show are now stronger than Kevlar. Credit: Pasquali Research Group Carbon nanotube fibers made at Rice University are now stronger …
Read More »“Galactus is coming!” Mysterious ‘Heartbeat’ discovered in Cosmic Cloud
If you thought the internet freaked out about Annabelle escaping from his occult museum (it did not) wait until you learn about his reaction to Galactus on the way. Social media exploded shouting “Galactus!” – the planet-consuming villain of Marvel Comics – on Monday when news spread of a heartbeat …
Read More »Scientists detect a ‘gamma-ray heartbeat’ that connects two cosmic forces
Two objects, a cosmic gas cloud and a supermassive black hole, are simultaneously separated by 100 light years and united by something spectacular – a distinct heartbeat. An international team of researchers discovered what they describe as a ‘gamma-ray heartbeat’ from a cosmic gas cloud that is accidentally synchronized with …
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Photo: Claudio Caridi / EyeEm (iStock by Getty Images) Reader, we do not know if you are a parent or if you will ever be one. But if you happen to fall into one of these categories, take it easy, one day you will be in the emergency room with …
Read More »More infected coronavirus mutation may be ‘a good thing’, says disease expert
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – An increasingly common mutation of the new coronavirus found in Europe, North America and parts of Asia may be more infectious, but appears less deadly, according to a prominent doctor of infectious diseases. PHILO PHOTO: The ultrastructural morphology exhibited by the 2019 Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV), which was …
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