12 surprising facts about pi to chew on this Pi Day
Math nerds everywhere are digging into a slice of pie today to celebrate their most iconic irrational number: pi. After all, March 14, or 3/14, is the perfect time to …
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Grounding zone discovery explains accelerated melting under Greenland’s glaciers
Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory have conducted the first large-scale observation and modeling study of northwest Greenland’s Petermann Glacier. Their findings reveal the …
SpaceX poised for third launch test of Starship megarocket
People gather as SpaceX Starship spacecraft prototype is transported from the launch site ahead of the SpaceX Starship third flight test from Starbase in Boca Chica, Texas. SpaceX plans on …
You Can Count on Pi
For geeks, there are several great holidays on the calendar. There is of course Mole Day (10/23) to commemorate Avogadro’s number, which is huge (on the order of 1023) and …
Never-before-seen cells unveiled in detailed map of developing human heart
Scientists just published the most detailed map of the developing human heart to date. The atlas includes 75 types of heart cells, including cell types in the heart’s valves and …
New high-performance solar cell material
A Dartmouth Engineering-led study published in Joule reported the discovery of an entirely new high-performance material for solar absorbers — the central part of a solar cell that turns light …
New research on tungsten unlocks potential for improving fusion materials
Time dependence of the change in the total electron scattering of W. (A to D) Snapshots of the scattering difference patterns obtained experimentally at several delays after the laser excitation. …
7,000 humpback whales died in the North Pacific over 10 years — and ‘the blob’ is to blame
Around 7,000 humpback whales in the North Pacific Ocean may have starved to death following the disastrous effects of a marine heat wave, a new study reveals. From 20 years’ …
First recognition of self in the mirror is spurred by touch
Most babies begin recognizing themselves in mirrors when they are about a year and half old. This kind of self-recognition is an important developmental milestone, and now scientists at The …
Researchers ‘film’ the activation of an important receptor
Conformational dynamics during G-protein activation. a, In response to agonist binding, a GPCR engages heterotrimeric G protein through the Gα C-terminal α5 helix, resulting in the displacement of the Gα …