Science & Technology
Stanford professor and former NASA official explains how NASA might revive the Kepler space telescope
Share By Bjorn Carey Scott Hubbard, a consulting professor of aeronautics and astronautics, helped guide the Kepler mission when he served as director of NASA Ames Research Center. He explains how NASA might bring the planet-hunting spacecraft back online. NASA ... Read More »
Secret streets of Britain’s Atlantis are revealed
Share A University of Southampton professor has carried out the most detailed analysis ever of the archaeological remains of the lost medieval town of Dunwich, dubbed ‘Britain’s Atlantis’. Funded and supported by English Heritage, and using advanced underwater imaging techniques, ... Read More »
New headquarters for world’s largest radio telescope
Share Less than a year after the decision to site the revolutionary Square Kilometre Array (SKA) in Southern Africa and Australia, the SKA Organisation has opened its new international headquarters. In front of an invited audience of local and global ... Read More »
Astronomers discover new neighbor galaxy to the Milky Way
Share By John Matson Tiny, faint Leo P may point to additional galaxies hidden in our corner of the cosmos. In recent years astronomers have extended their view almost to the very edge of the observable universe. With the venerable ... Read More »
Notre Dame astrophysicist discovers planets similar to Earth
Share Researchers for the first time have identified Earth-sized planets within the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. Images of the star taken by University of Notre Dame astrophysicist Justin Crepp rule out alternative explanations of the data, confirming that ... Read More »
University of Washington scientists developing Mars rocket
Share A team of scientists from the University of Washington could soon go where nobody’s gone before. They’re developing a rocket to take astronauts to Mars, and they even have backing from NASA. Humans have been to space and the moon, ... Read More »
Simulations key to emergency and climate planning: report
Share Computer simulation and interactive games could help communities and government with climate change adaptation and emergency management, according to a research report by RMIT University. The report released this week follows a year-long project funded by the National Climate ... Read More »
Notre Dame astrophysicists discover farthest supernova using Hubble Space Telescope
Share Peter M. Garnavich, professor of physics at the University of Notre Dame, and Brian Hayden, a physics graduate student, are members of the CANDELS+CLASH Supernova Project that recently discovered a supernova that exploded more than 10 billion years ago. ... Read More »
New invention aims to boost confidence of eye loss victims
Share Researchers at Nottingham Trent University have created an artificial eye with a cosmetic pupil that can dilate and contract in response to light. Using smart materials, the prototype aims to solve the longstanding problem of eye loss victims having ... Read More »
University of York scientists crate unusual plasma
Share AN international team of scientists has used one of the world’s most powerful lasers to create highly unusual plasma composed of hollow atoms. The experimental work, led by scientists from the University of York, demonstrated that it is possible ... Read More »
