Science

When two (or three bodies of different sizes and distances) orbit a center point, it’s easy to calculate their movements using Newton's laws of motion. However, if all three objects are of a comparable size and distance from the center point, a power struggle develops and the whole system is thrown into chaos. When chaos happens, it becomes impossible to track the bodies’ movements using regular math. Enter the three-body problem. Now, an international team, led by astrophysicist Dr. Nicholas Stone at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem’s Racah Institute of Physics, has taken a big step forward in solving this conundrum. Their findings were published in the latest edition of Nature.

In the past twenty years, both scientists’ understanding of the physical properties of quantum dots and their levels of control over these tiny particles have increased tremendously.  This has led to a widespread application of quantum dots in our daily lives—from bio-imaging and bio-tracking (relying on the fact that quantum dots emit different colors based on their size) to solar energy and next-generation TV monitors with exceptional color quality.

The albedo effect from the greenhouse effect? Learn what will happen when the arctic melts. Impress your friends. Be scared into saving your future.

Movies like Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind show us what it's like when painful emotional memories are erased. But can positive ones be implanted too? A new study from Israel says yes. They have done it in animals.

A curious physicist revived 5000-year-old yeast and baked delicious bread from it.

A first-of-its-kind deep-sea research station placed 50km (31mi) from the Israeli shore called DeepLev which combines "deep" with the Israeli meaning for heart which...

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Urgent action is needed to address soil pollution and contain the multiple threats it poses to global food safety and food security, said FAO...

New research by Hebrew University of Jerusalem details the complex mathematical calculations that animals perform to locate their next meal. Turns out that even...

New research from the University of East Anglia has confirmed a dramatic decrease in oxygen in the Gulf of Oman part of the Arabian...

It's World Water Day, celebrated annually on March 22.  The day is about focusing world attention on the importance of clean water and how...

Dust off old Donna Summer albums and celebrate the premature return of New Zealand's giant "disco ball" satellite as it drops down to Earth...

American twins Scott (left) and Mark Kelly are the only identical twin astronauts in history, but after Scott spent nearly a year on a...

As if expecting women don't have enough to worry about, a new scientific study indicates a direct correlation between traffic noise and ambient air pollution...

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