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Biomechanical Model Helps Forecast Heart Attacks

Understanding the forces that produce blood clots may be the key to stepping up heart attack prevention methods, scientists from the University Hospital of the RWTH Aachen in Germany claim. Their proof-of-concept study was recently published. It relies on patient-specific…
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NASA Sent Water Bears Into Space, But Why?

A recent experiment across the ISS (International Space Station) is analyzing tardigrades, minuscule creatures also called water bears, due to the way they look under a microscope. Tardigrades got a reputation for having a massive threshold to extreme temperatures, both…
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The Mystery Of Physics That Only Math Can Solve

Over the past hundred years, quantum field theory turned out to be the most successful theory physics ever saw. It is an umbrella term that merges numerous quantum field theories – just like the word “shape” covers both a circle…
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Arctic’s Permafrost Emits Methane New Study Shows

Climate change has shaped Earth’s future in such a way that it’s hard to ignore. Recent study unveils the Arctic’s at its worst. A team of researchers from Skoltech succeeded in developing and conducting experiments measuring gas permeability under certain…
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