Astronomers are using radio pulses from space to find missing baryonic matter and learn about supermassive black holes, ...
Researchers in Germany and Australia have created a simple but powerful tool to detect nanoplastics—tiny, invisible particles that can slip through skin and even the blood-brain barrier. Using an ...
Dr Stefan Reissl and Prof Dr Ralf S. Klessen introduce tiny dust particles in space, the seeds of life, in this intriguing ...
Vikki Velasquez is a researcher and writer who has managed, coordinated, and directed various community and nonprofit organizations. She has conducted in-depth research on social and economic issues ...
The condition of our lungs can reveal a great deal about our wider health. Luckily you can also get them into better shape.
The western Himalayas— a region naturally vulnerable to rain-induced disasters—are facing the impact of climate change at an unprecedented scale. To the common ...
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How to Measure Nothing Better

Cold atoms could also potentially measure much lower vacuum pressures than ion gauges can. The current lowest pressure they’ve reliably measured is around 10 -9 Pa, and NIST scientists are working on ...
Explore how scientists use GaGe digitizers to capture subatomic events, enabling breakthroughs in modern particle physics ...
Researchers have crunched data on excess deaths and calculated that Canada’s 2023 wildfire season shortened the lives of ...