What can Earth’s technosignatures—the potential signs of intelligence beyond Earth—teach us about finding technosignatures throughout the cosmos? Are we looking for the right technosignatures or do we…
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NASA Radar Shows a Surge in Landslide Activity in California
In Southern California, the growing risk of landslides has put many communities on edge, demonstrated by radar data from NASA focused on the Palos Verdes Peninsula in Los Angeles County.
The peninsula, which sits south of Los Angeles and juts out…
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Impact-Generated Marsquakes Can Reach Deeper into Red Planet than Previously Known
In a new study, planetary researchers used global and high-resolution orbital imaging to discover a fresh, 21.5-m (71-foot) impact crater that appeared at the same time as one of the marsquakes detected by NASA’s InSight lander; this means…
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The Shape of Mars: Discovering Wind Patterns Through Dune Formation
What can sand dunes on Earth and Mars teach us about the latter’s wind behavior and atmosphere? This is what a recently awarded NASA grant hopes to address as a PhD student at Texas A&M University will be
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Pushing the boundaries of flat optics
A research team at POSTECH, led by Professor Junsuk Rho (Departments of Mechanical Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and the Graduate School of Convergence Science and Technology), along with M.S./Ph.D. students Seokwoo…
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What’s the best way to organize people to generate ideas? New research offers insight
Managers at every company — especially big corporations — face a similar conundrum: What’s the ideal way to organize employees to generate the best ideas?
Is it better to work in large groups? Smaller ones? With other people who are similar or…
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Nanomaterials are emerging as a powerful tool for coastal oil spill cleanup
Cleaning up after a major oil spill is a long, expensive process, and the damage to a coastal region’s ecosystem can be significant. This is especially true for the world’s Arctic region, where newly opened sea lanes will expose remote shorelines…
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Study: Omega-3 Supplementation May Slow Biological Aging
A new clinical trial involving over 700 older adults over a three-year period provides evidence supporting the geroprotective benefits of omega-3 supplementation and also suggests the benefits of additive combinations of omega-3…
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Toxic dangers lurk in LA, even in homes that didn’t burn
Even as firefighters douse the deadly LA wildfires, a more insidious danger remains. Chemicals from the ashy residue of thousands of burned homes and cars, scorched plastic pipes and even lifesaving fire retardants have blanketed parts…
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How to Grow a Laser on Silicon for Silicon Photonics
Today, silicon photonic circuits connect server racks and play key roles in chemical sensors, biosensors, and lidar for self-driving cars. But making these devices work requires an external light source, or multistep manufacturing processes to…
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