Revealing Quantum Properties of Radiation – 2D Interaction Takes Researchers by Surprise

Revealing Quantum Properties of Radiation – 2D Interaction Takes Researchers by Surprise

A single free electron propagates above the special layered structure that the researchers engineered, only a few tens of nanometers above it. During its movement, the electron emits discrete packets of radiation called “photons”. Between the electron and the photons it emitted, a connection of “quantum entanglement” is formed. Credit: Ella Maru Studio Technion researchers … Read more

New Drug Could Treat “Blinding” IIH Headaches

New Drug Could Treat “Blinding” IIH Headaches

Idiopathic Intracranial Hypertension (IIH) headaches are a condition characterized by increased pressure within the skull without an identifiable cause. Often mistaken for migraines, these headaches can cause debilitating pain and are commonly associated with symptoms such as blurred vision, tinnitus, and even temporary vision loss. The phase two trial is the first study to demonstrate … Read more

Artemis II Moon Rocket, Moon Water Map, Gritty Clouds on Remote Planet

Artemis II Moon Rocket, Moon Water Map, Gritty Clouds on Remote Planet

Researchers observing with NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope have pinpointed silicate cloud features in a distant planet’s atmosphere. The atmosphere is constantly rising, mixing, and moving during its 22-hour day, bringing hotter material up and pushing colder material down. The resulting brightness changes are so dramatic that it is the most variable planetary-mass object known … Read more

Caltech Engineers Have Developed an Unusually Tough New Material

Microscale Knots

The knotted materials, which were created out of polymers, exhibit a tensile toughness that far surpasses materials that are unknotted but otherwise structurally identical, including ones where individual strands are interwoven instead of knotted. Credit: Caltech Caltech engineers have made a significant breakthrough in the field of nano- and micro-architected materials by creating a novel … Read more

Intensive Religious Fasting Linked To Better School Performance

A Plus Good Grades

The study found that students in Muslim countries demonstrated improved performance after an intensive Ramadan fasting period compared to a less intense Ramadan. A recent study, which involved Konstanz economist Guido Schwerdt, has found that longer daily fasting periods during Ramadan have a beneficial impact on the academic performance of Muslim youth after the fasting … Read more

Why the US banking crisis is like winter in Europe

Why the US banking crisis is like winter in Europe

Remember those black clouds hanging over Europe last fall? Terrifying warnings of natural gas shortages, death-inducing winter blackouts, war spreading westward, endless stagflation – and, of course, recession. It never happened. Instead, Eurozone stocks have soared by nearly a third since September’s low. French, Italian and Spanish markets all set all-time highs in euros in … Read more

Lunar Water Map Unveiled by Pioneering Study

Moon SOFIA Water Data

By Anashe Bandari, SOFIA Science Center, NASA’s Ames Research Center March 26, 2023 A still image of the full disk of the Moon as it appeared on February 17, 2022. The region of the SOFIA observations is shown in shades of blue and brown. Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center Scientific Visualization Studio/Ernie Wright A … Read more