A strange molecule may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune, affecting their magnetic fields

A strange molecule may be hiding inside Uranus and Neptune, affecting their magnetic fields

Crystal structures and electronic localization function of H4⁢O⁢F2 and H4⁢O⁢F2·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 …

NASA Awards for Advanced Technologies for the Future Habitable World Mission – NASA

NASA Awards for Advanced Technologies for the Future Habitable World Mission - NASA

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 …

One of T researchers discovers the ‘Trojan horse’ virus hiding in the human parasite

One of T researchers discovers the 'Trojan horse' virus hiding in the human parasite

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, …

Making Quebec bilingual: ‘What a disrespect,’ Jolin-Barrette says of the idea

Making Quebec bilingual: 'What a disrespect,' Jolin-Barrette says of the idea

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, …

Scientists find a possible cause of many unexplained cases of intellectual disability: A genetic disorder

Scientists find a possible cause of many unexplained cases of intellectual disability: A genetic disorder

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 …

State official issues water curtailment order for many east Idaho users – East Idaho News

South Fork of Snake River

(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 …

A billionaire couple’s quest to cure the genetic disorder that claimed their son’s life | Inside Philanthropy

A billionaire couple's quest to cure the genetic disorder that claimed their son's life |  Inside Philanthropy

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 …