One of the many problems we have with the spread of COVID-19 is the ability of the coronavirus to survive on the surface for hours at a time. When we can effectively clean hard materials or sterilize them with alcohol, what about more delicate surfaces like cardboard? Even in the …
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Getting minerals into space can be a little easier than we thought – with the help of some of the earth’s smallest inhabitants. International Space Station experiments show that bacteria can increase space mining efficiency by 400 percent, providing a much easier way to access materials we use widely in …
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Remains of a huge, ancient lake have been found under Greenland, buried under a sheet of ice in the northwest of the country and estimated to be millions, if not thousands, years old, scientists say. The giant ‘fossil lake bed’ is a phenomenon that scientists have never seen before in …
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Researchers have uncovered a mysterious gene in the genetic code of the coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 – which is virtually hidden from view in the genome of the virus, and yet largely ignored. The newly called gene – is called ORF3d An example of this is the so-called overlapping gene: a type …
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For the second time in just a matter of months, a cable accident at Puerto Rico’s Arecibo Observatory has caused even more damage to one of the world’s largest and most powerful radio telescopes. In August Gust, astronomers and science-lovers were surprised to see a huge hole burst from a …
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