13 April 2016
The mystery of neutrino mass to be solved by a calcium isotope
... experiments to independently measure this process, it was the teams improved calculation of the nuclear matrix element for calcium-48 through extremely complex quantum mechanics calculations, that have enabled the team to conduct this research. "Our...
19 September 2016
New research challenges ideas on how the Earth was made
... the Earth so special.” This new study recently submitted to Nature, also suggests that a type of inclusion, known as a calcium–aluminium-rich refractory inclusion, found in some stony meteorites have an ‘extra-solar’ origin. This indicates that...
29 January 2020
Material older than the Sun found unexpectedly where it shouldn't be
... University in St. Louis, have found them where they are not expected to be; in an inclusion or a chunk within a meteorite, called a calcium-aluminum-rich inclusion (CAI) and according to current theory CAIs are one of the first solids to have...
May 2024
Beyond Earth’s magnetic field
... to impact biological phenomena, including developmental processes, the circadian system, neuron and brain activities and calcium balance in cells. This is especially true for increased radiation which, combined with a hypomagnetic environment, will...
October 2024
Lunar construction with regolith and robots
... the FeO content of lunar basalts. TUBS-M plagioclase is less aluminous and more silica-rich, resulting in lower calcium oxide (CaO) concentration compared to lunar plagioclase. A higher Na2O content by three percent reflects the alkali-enriched...
November 2017
Roving the red planet
... mound of Gale Crater, it has repeatedly observed a variety of calcium sulphate veins. A 360-degree view, known as the ‘McMurdo’... Gale Crater lake had evaporated. The formation of calcium sulphate veins, and numerous other geologic features observed ...
