Researchers used NASA’s Chandra X-Ray Observatory, launched and deployed in 1999 by Space Shuttle Columbia,…
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Presenteeism in prison officers is a serious health and safety risk
More than half of prison officers feel pressure to go into work while unwell, with…
Antireflective Coating: Sugar-based carbon hollow spheres that mimic moth eyes
Researchers have developed a novel, low-cost, ultra-lightweight material that could be used as an effective…
Runaway stars leave infrared waves in space
Astronomers are finding dozens of the fastest stars in our galaxy. When some speedy, massive…
Andromeda galaxy scanned with high-energy X-ray vision
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array, or NuSTAR, has captured the best high-energy X-ray view yet…
Rover rounds Martian dune to get to the other side
NASA’s Curiosity Mars rover, partway through the first up-close study ever conducted of extraterrestrial sand…
During Great Recession, employees drank less on the job, but more afterwards
Periods of economic uncertainty tend to influence drinking problems among people who lose their jobs,…
Traveling salesman uncorks synthetic biology bottleneck
A computer program has been created that will open a challenging field in synthetic biology…
Injuries among Dungeness crab fishermen examined in new study
Commercial Dungeness crab fishing on the West Coast is one of the highest risk occupations…
Scientists discover nursery ground for sand tiger sharks in Long Island’s Great South Bay
Scientists and veterinarians have discovered something noteworthy in the near shore waters of Long Island’s…