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Warm Gas-Giant Exoplanet WASP-107 b (Artist’s Concept)
Space

Exploring the mysterious case of the Inflated Exoplanet

Amit Malewar

Webb cracks case of inflated exoplanet

Antarctic mountain range
Biology

13 new papillomaviruses discovered in Antarctic seals

Pranjal Malewar

Viral finds on the frozen frontier.

world open... showing lava and stuff.
Earth

Scientists found a distinct, thin layer above Earth’s core

Pranjal Malewar

Earth's surface water dives deep, transforming core's outer layer.

Leaf-spring nano-engine
Biology

A novel DNA nano-engine

Pranjal Malewar

The researchers are now planning to fit it with a coupling and install it as a drive in complex nanomachines.

women STEM instructors
Education & Business

Women STEM instructors encourage undergraduates to conceal stigmatized identities

PLOS

Women working as STEM instructors are more likely than men to disclose their undergraduate identities.

Color-coded chromium
Space

Measuring and mapping the abundance of chromium across Mercury’s surface

Amit Malewar

This is the first time that chromium has been directly detected and mapped across any planetary surface.

Auroral signatures
Environment

Scientists unveiled global observations of carbon dioxide aurora

Pranjal Malewar

Scientists unveiled global observations of aurora associated with carbon dioxide using satellite measurements.

Internal evolution of Europa
Space

Jupiter’s moon Europa may have had a slow evolution

Amit Malewar

Europa’s seafloor may be cool and hydrated, and may experience limited, if any, seafloor volcanism.

Earth's outer core
Science

There could be rising silicon-rich snow in the Earth’s outer core

Amit Malewar

The silicon-rich snow can develop into greater depths with further secular cooling of Earth.

Designing with DNA
Technology

Scientists used DNA to create tiny rounded objects

Ashwini Sakharkar

Designing with DNA.

iron-carbon alloy
Science

Potential ‘diamond factory’ may have existed at the core-mantle boundary for billions of years

Pranjal Malewar

Diamonds and rust at the Earth's core-mantle boundary.

Biofilms are dense, multispecies aggregates of cells, which clump together in a residue that forms on surfaces
Space

Water in International Space Station is full of bacteria

Amit Malewar

Safeguarding clean water for spaceflight missions.

Roger Buick in 2004 at the Mount McRae Shale in Western Australia
Science

Volcanic eruptions might have created the first puffs of oxygen into the atmosphere

Amit Malewar

Volcanic eruptions may have spurred the first ‘whiffs’ of oxygen in Earth’s atmosphere.

A diamond-anvil
Space

Study offers detailed insights into the chemistry of deep water layers on Neptune and Uranus

Amit Malewar

The findings provide clues to the composition of oceans on water-rich exoplanets outside our solar system.

Remnants of the impact that formed the Moon may be buried deep within the Earth
Science

Remnants of the impact that formed the Moon may be buried deep within the Earth

Amit Malewar

They can be found in two continent-size layers of rock buried deep in Earth’s mantle.

Oumuamua object
Space

Scientists determined the origin of interstellar object Oumuamua

Amit Malewar

The study set out to explain the odd features of ‘Oumuamua.

Recent Stories

Unprecedented images of Exocomet belts around nearby stars

Space

Real-time formation of black hole jets observed for the first time

Space

Most distant and therefore oldest blazar ever seen

Space

The economic benefits of addressing psychological stress in adolescents

Social Science

Neolithic people sacrificed unique ‘suns stones’ due to a volcanic eruption

Archaeology