Modern Sciences Team
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What’s Up With That Pterosaur’s Teeth?
Lusognathus almadrava is a new pterosaur whose fossils were discovered in Portugal seem a bit bizarre for the…
October 6, 2023
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 Awarded for Quantum Dot Discovery
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2023 has been conferred…
October 5, 2023
Physics Nobel Laureates Awarded for Shining Light on Tiny Electron Dynamics
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2023 has been…
October 5, 2023
Nobel Prize Honors Scientists Behind COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Breakthrough
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has jointly awarded…
October 5, 2023
Scientists Achieve Breakthrough in Cosmic Signal Detection with “Ultra-Pure Cables”
In the quest to detect exceedingly rare cosmic events shedding light on the universe’s fundamental mysteries, research teams…
October 3, 2023
Can Science Help You Make Your Coffee?
Food is, after all, just edible chemistry—surely we can use it to perfect the world’s favorite morning perk-up?
October 1, 2023
What’s Your Life’s Mileage?
Much like a car recording its own total traveled distance, you too travel around the cosmos, zooming without…
September 30, 2023
How Do We Build a Telescope On the Moon?
The James Webb telescope may be out there, but some experts think it may be high time to…
September 30, 2023
Life Almost Lost All Its Oxygen—And We May Be In For a Repeat
Hundreds of millions of years ago, a string of seemingly minor events coalesced into a major shift that…
September 29, 2023
Researchers Unveil the Complex Dynamics of Plasmid-Mediated Gene Transfer in Bacteria
In microbial populations, conjugative plasmids are pivotal in fostering genetic diversity and evolution. These extrachromosomal DNA entities, prevalent…
September 26, 2023