NASA robot rover shows that sparks fly in dust storms on Mars

by quasarn01 | Dec 9, 2025 | Astronomy

Sometimes you get a small electric shock from touching your car door handle on a dry summer’s day. Go to Source

Expanding the search for quantum-ready 2D materials

by quasarn01 | Dec 9, 2025 | Latest in Physics

Quantum technologies from ultrasensitive sensors to next-generation information processors depend on the ability of quantum bits, or qubits, to maintain their delicate quantum states for a sufficiently long time to be useful. Go to Source

New model describes how reaction-diffusion networks develop ‘foams’

by quasarn01 | Dec 9, 2025 | Latest in Physics

For numerous fundamental processes of life, the formation of certain protein patterns is essential. Protein pattern formation controlled by molecular switches is—like many processes in nature—far removed from a state of equilibrium. Go to Source

A new nuclear ‘island’ where magic numbers break down

by quasarn01 | Dec 9, 2025 | Latest in Physics

For decades, nuclear physicists believed that “Islands of Inversion”—regions where the normal rules of nuclear structure suddenly break down—were found mostly in neutron-rich isotopes. In these unusual pockets of the nuclear chart, magic numbers disappear,...

The Mysterious Pyramids of the Amazon—Spotted by A NASA Satellite In 1976

by quasarn01 | Dec 8, 2025 | Ancient Code

In 1976, NASA’s Landsat Satellite was orbiting Earth when it photographed mysterious dots in southeast Peru, at 71 degrees, 30 minutes west longitude in the Madre de Dios region of the Amazon. The satellite photograph, archived under number C-S11-32W071-03 showed a...