‘Habitable zone’ on Mars could be just right for life

Everybody from NASA to David Bowie has wondered if there’s life on Mars – and now we might have a precise place to look for it. A new Caltech study has shown that photosynthetic microbes could thrive in a small habitable zone beneath the ice.Continue R… Continue reading ‘Habitable zone’ on Mars could be just right for life

‘Habitable zone’ on Mars could be just right for life

Everybody from NASA to David Bowie has wondered if there’s life on Mars – and now we might have a precise place to look for it. A new Caltech study has shown that photosynthetic microbes could thrive in a small habitable zone beneath the ice.Continue R… Continue reading ‘Habitable zone’ on Mars could be just right for life

‘Habitable zone’ on Mars could be just right for life

Everybody from NASA to David Bowie has wondered if there’s life on Mars – and now we might have a precise place to look for it. A new Caltech study has shown that photosynthetic microbes could thrive in a small habitable zone beneath the ice.Continue R… Continue reading ‘Habitable zone’ on Mars could be just right for life

Laser headband non-invasively IDs stroke risk in real time

A laser-driven device that offers instant feedback on a patient’s stroke risk could revolutionize current difficult methods of accurate assessment and provide a portable, affordable and non-invasive way for clinicians to make life-saving interventions…. Continue reading Laser headband non-invasively IDs stroke risk in real time

Colossal cosmic jets unleash trillion-Sun energy across 140 Milky Ways

Astronomers have spotted an absolutely colossal cosmic chimney that stretches as far as 140 Milky Ways lined up side by side. These jumbo jets are being blasted from a supermassive black hole.Continue ReadingCategory: Space, ScienceTags: Black hole, Su… Continue reading Colossal cosmic jets unleash trillion-Sun energy across 140 Milky Ways

Sensor-packing mask analyzes wearers’ breath to track their health

Many people still wear masks on a regular basis, either to keep from spreading viruses that they’ve got, or to manage a respiratory problem. An experimental new mask takes things a step further, by analyzing its wearer’s breath to check their state of … Continue reading Sensor-packing mask analyzes wearers’ breath to track their health

Guitar-string-inspired tech makes for better blood pressure monitoring

Currently, when doctors wish to continuously monitor a patient’s blood pressure, they surgically insert a catheter into one of the individual’s arteries. There could soon be a safer, much less invasive alternative, however, and it was inspired by the t… Continue reading Guitar-string-inspired tech makes for better blood pressure monitoring

Speedy biohybrid jellyfish are part-gelatinous, part-machine

If you want to gather climate-change data from the deep ocean, why not just hitch a ride with an organism that’s going down there anyways? That’s the thinking which led to the creation of “biohybrid jellyfish” which pack not one but two speed-boosting … Continue reading Speedy biohybrid jellyfish are part-gelatinous, part-machine

Ruins of long-lost planet may have been discovered near Earth’s core

We only have to look up at the Moon to see the remains of a cataclysmic collision between two early planets, billions of years ago. Now scientists suggest evidence may also be deep beneath our feet, as the remains of that ancient planet lurk near the E… Continue reading Ruins of long-lost planet may have been discovered near Earth’s core