Monday 2 November 2015

Ultrasensitive sensors made from boron-doped graphene

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Scientists have developed ultrasensitive gas sensors based on the infusion of boron atoms into the tightly bound matrix of carbon atoms known as graphene.
via Science Daily

Signs of acid fog found on Mars

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While Mars doesn't have much in the way of Earth-like weather, it does evidently share one kind of weird meteorology: acid fog. A planetary scientist has pieced together a compelling story about how acidic vapors may have eaten at the rocks in a 100-acre area on Husband Hill in the Columbia Hills of Gusev Crater on Mars.
via Science Daily
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Northern Light secrets uncovered thanks to social networking tools

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Magnetometers have a social network where they talk about the weather, researchers have discovered. The research team used data from over 100 individual magnetometers located at high latitudes in the northern hemisphere. These magnetometers have been used for decades to track space weather but it is only recently that the data from all these devices has been collected in one place in the SuperMAG project.
via Science Daily
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Encountering Enceladus

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Space Science Image of the Week: Cassini captured this view of Saturn’s moon Enceladus en route to its deepest-ever dive through the moon’s icy geysers
via ESA Space Science
http://www.esa.int/spaceinimages/Images/2015/11/Sampling_the_ocean_on_Enceladus

Comet ISON Being Destroyed by the Sun

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