Crystal structures and electronic localization function of H4OF2 and H4OF2·HF. Credit: Physical review B (2024). DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.109.174102 Skoltech scientists and their Chinese colleagues have determined the conditions that enable the existence of a very special ion. Called aquodiium, it can be thought of as an ordinary neutral water molecule with two extra protons stuck to …
Month: July 2024
NASA announced Friday that it has selected three industry proposals to help develop technologies for future space telescopes and plan for the agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory mission concept, which could be the first space telescope designed to search for life. outside our solar system. The mission would directly image Earth-like planets around stars like our …
image: Undergraduate student Purav Gupta and Assistant Professor Artem Babaian. view more Credit: University of Toronto An international team led by researchers at the University of Toronto has found a new RNA virus that they believe is fighting a common human parasite. The virus, called Apocryptovirus odysseus, along with 18 others closely related to it, …
Updated 18:46 31 May 2024 GMT+1Published 16:45 31 May 2024 GMT+1 The asteroid is thought to contain precious metals, including gold, iron and nickel NASA has given an update on its mission to capture an asteroid worth $10,000 quadrillion. Last year, the space agency announced it would head for the distant asteroid called 16 Psyche, …
Ottawa – Quebec Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette added his voice to the Bloc Québécois and Conservatives in Ottawa, who are outraged by comments made by Liberal MP Angelo Iacono, who said Quebec would benefit from officially becoming a province. bilingual instead of having only French as an official language. “What a lack of respect,” said Barrette, …
An unexpected tool is giving us new insight into the fine structure of Mars’ outer layers. Using meteorites that long ago broke away from the red planet about 11 million years ago and were hurled into space to eventually land on Earth, scientists have been able to study how volcanism shaped crust and mantle of …
A newly identified neurodevelopmental disorder may explain tens of thousands of cases of intellectual disability whose cause was previously unknown, according to a new study. The research, published Friday in the journal Nature Medicine, investigates the effects of mutations in the RNU4-2 gene, which is found in all animals, plants and fungi. The gene plays …
(Idaho Capital Sun) – Idaho Department of Water Resources Director Mathew Weaver issued a curtailment order Thursday afternoon requiring 6,400 new groundwater rights holders who pump the Eastern Snake Plain Aquifer to shut off their water. theirs. The order will affect groundwater users that the Idaho Department of Water Resources said are not in compliance …
NASA is warning people not to watch the so-called “planet parade.” getty On Monday, June 3, there will be no “parade of the planet” – at least, no one will see it. NASA has taken the unusual step of debuting a widely distributed news item circulating on the Internet and social media about a planetary …
The Gilbert Family Foundation, established in 2015 by Rocket Companies founder Dan Gilbert and his wife Jennifer, was formed primarily to advance research into the genetic condition neurofibromatosis type one (NF1), a rare but serious genetic disorder affecting about 1 in 3,000 children. Like many major donors to medical research, the Gilberts are motivated by …