A team of synthetic biologists from Columbia University has successfully converted an immune system of the gut bacterium Escherichia coli into a microscopic ‘tape recorder,’ laying the groundwork for a new class of technologies that use bacteria for everything from disease diagnosis to environmental monitoring. The results are published in …
Read More »New Study Explains Unexpected Cooling of Titan’s Polar Atmosphere
A study published in the journal Nature Communications has shown that a recently reported unexpected polar vortex behavior on Saturn’s hazy moon Titan is due to its exotic atmospheric chemistry. Titan’s south polar vortex stands out against the orange and blue haze layers that are characteristic of the hazy moon’s …
Read More »Something Very Unique Is Going To Occur To Our Night Sky Next Month
Stargazers will be delighted to hear that December will have some great meteor showers in the sky. Astronomers predict that this year’s Geminids will be particularly various, with their moms and dad body, asteroid 3200 Phaethon, also passing near to our planet around the same period.Phaethon is a rocky asteroid, …
Read More »That Interstellar Asteroid Was Like Absolutely Nothing We have actually Ever Seen In Our Planetary System Before
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Read More »Nature Was in a Creative State Of Mind When She Made These 13 Gorgeous Insects
Bugs appeared on our planet around 400 million years back and managed to endure through all the natural disasters. Some of us believe that they’re not extremely enjoyable, however this is far from true. Do not you believe us? Intense Side gathered for you photos of terrific animals that …
Read More »Lightning Strikes Produce Antimatter Particles in Earth’s Atmosphere
Scientists from Japan and Singapore report in the November 23 issue of the journal Nature that they observed positron (antimatter counterpart of the electron) and neutron signals after lightning. Enoto et al describe how gamma rays from lightning react with the air to produce radioisotopes and even positrons. Image credit: …
Read More »Study: Opening Windows and Doors Improves Sleep Quality
Opening windows and doors before going to bed can reduce carbon dioxide levels in bedrooms and improve sleep quality, according to new research from the Eindhoven University of Technology, the Netherlands. Mishra et al investigated influence of bedroom air quality on different sleep parameters. Image credit: Alfons Schueler. Dr. Asit …
Read More »Earth Can Absorb High-Energy Neutrinos, Physicists Find
Neutrinos are subatomic particles that are famous for passing through anything and everything. Now, physicists have demonstrated that our planet stops high-energy neutrinos — they do not go through everything. The experiment was achieved with the IceCube Observatory, an array of 5,160 basketball-sized sensors frozen deep within a km3 of …
Read More »Coffee Consumption ‘More Likely to Benefit Health Than To Harm It’
Drinking three to four cups of coffee a day is associated with a lower risk of mortality and getting heart disease compared with drinking no coffee, according to an umbrella review of over 200 previous studies, published in the journal BMJ. According to the scientists, coffee consumption is generally safe, …
Read More »NASA’s Cassini Team Releases Stunning Natural-Color Image of Saturn
After more than 13 years at Saturn, NASA’s Cassini spacecraft bid farewell to the Saturnian system by firing the shutters of its wide-angle camera and capturing a series of images of the gas giant planet and its rings two days before the probe’s plunge into the planet’s atmosphere. This image …
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