Gil Caparas
384 posts
New “Shark-toothed” Dinosaur From Uzbekistan May Have Been Among the Last of Its Kind
Back in the 1980s, a dinosaur jawbone was found in the Kyzylkum desert, the 15th largest desert in…
September 22, 2021
New Flexible Supercapacitor Takes Inspiration From An Accordion
The dream of a future with flexible, transparent electronic devices is a tantalizing one, and is a dream…
September 22, 2021
“The Accident” Brown Dwarf: A Grab Bag of Cosmic Anomalies
The universe is vast, and seemingly limitless. Naturally, there’s bound to be a handful of cosmic oddities out…
September 20, 2021
The Perseverance Rover Obtained Pristine Martian Rock In a Landmark First
The Perseverance rover is hard at work inside Jezero crater on the surface of Mars, some 395 million…
September 20, 2021
SpaceX Launches Historic Inspiration4 Mission
(To donate to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, feel free to visit the St. Jude page dedicated to…
September 18, 2021
Perovskite Crystals Go From Solar Cells to Radiation Detectors
This might be the first time you’ve probably heard of perovskite, but you’ve most likely already seen it…
September 17, 2021
New Wooden “Nanogenerator” Floorings Create Power With Every Step
The race for developing “smart” technology for our everyday items has been ongoing for decades now, with ideas…
September 16, 2021
9,000-Year-Old Evidence For Beer Brewing Found in China
An archaeological dig at Qiaotou, a town in the Zhejiang province of China, yielded a couple of clay…
September 15, 2021
Diabetic Skin Ulcers Find Treatment With Hydrogels
Individuals who are diagnosed with diabetes have high blood sugar levels; this can impair blood circulation and accelerate…
September 15, 2021
Chlorine-Based Rechargeable Battery Holds Six Times the Charge of Lithium-Ion
The rechargeable batteries you have on your smartphone right now is primarily thanks to the concept of reversible…
September 14, 2021
