Quote of the Week
“Human kindness has never weakened the stamina or softened the fiber of a free people. A nation does not have to be cruel to be tough.”
Franklin D. RooseveltTODAY'S BRIGHTER SIDE NEWS
Scientists discover why rain drops can damage metal protective coatings
Water droplets can build electrical charge as they move, creating tiny discharges that puncture coatings and expose metal to corrosion.
Powerful new magnetic system could help spacecraft survive the brutal heat of reentry
Researchers produced 1.58-tesla magnetic fields and changed the shock layer around models traveling through simulated reentry conditions.
Scientists design new RNA therapy to bypass mutations behind thousands of genetic diseases
A modified tRNA therapy bypassed premature genetic stop signals and restored working proteins in cystic fibrosis disease models.
Quantum interference offers a radically different way to measure time
Quantum patterns in excited helium can reveal elapsed time with femtosecond accuracy, even when an exact time zero is difficult to define.