Science & Technology

What is dark matter?0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 23, 2020
Peering into the dark.

By David Aragorn
Process that might have led to first organic molecules 0
- Earth Mysteries, From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 18, 2020
New research could have relevance to search for extraterrestrial life, green chemistry

By David Aragorn
This Tiny Nuclear Reactor Will Change Energy—and Now It’s Officially Safe 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 17, 2020
A massive step for a mini reactor.

By David Aragorn
Cosmic rays may soon stymie quantum computing 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 16, 2020
Building quantum computers underground or designing radiation-proof qubits may be needed, researchers find.

By David Aragorn
New neutron source in Canada would spur innovation, medical treatments 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 15, 2020
Technological progress owes much to our scientific understanding of the materials we use to build the world around us, from longer-lasting cell-phone batteries to new medicines.

By David Aragorn
Dark matter models get most of the Universe right but fail in the details 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 11, 2020
On a fine scale, the Universe seems lumpier than it should be.

By David Aragorn
DNA-based nanotechnology stimulates potent antitumor immune responses 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 10, 2020
Synthetic DNA nanovaccines enhance killer T cell immunity resulting in tumor control in preclinical studies

By David Aragorn
New quantum paradox throws the foundations of observed reality into question 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 9, 2020
If a tree falls in a forest and no one is there to hear it, does it make a sound? Perhaps not, some say.

By David Aragorn
Scientists find new way to fight most common childhood cancer 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology
- September 5, 2020
Researchers have made a discovery that could potentially lead to the development of a new treatment for the most common childhood cancer: acute lymphoblastic leukemia.

By David Aragorn
New Study Expands Breakthrough Listen Initiative’s Search for Intelligent Life 0
- From Around the Web, Science & Technology, Space
- September 4, 2020
In a new study to be published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, a research team led by University of Manchester astronomers extended a sample of 1,327 stellar systems recently observed by the Breakthrough Listen Initiative by including additional 288,315 stars that also reside within the target fields of the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope in West Virginia and CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope in Australia — increasing the number of stars analyzed by a factor of more than 200. Their results suggest that less than 0.04% of stellar systems have the potential of hosting advanced civilizations with the equivalent or slightly more advanced radio technology than 21st century humans.

By David Aragorn