X-Ray Space Observatory XMM-Newton Celebrates 20 Years in Space [Video]
Two decades ago, on December 10, 1999, an Ariane 5 rocket climbed into the morning sky from Kourou, French Guiana. It carried into orbit the…
Two decades ago, on December 10, 1999, an Ariane 5 rocket climbed into the morning sky from Kourou, French Guiana. It carried into orbit the…
You cannot make glue out of a ham sandwich – but you may be able to use the components of that food to create a…
As a result of their two-year joint project, the materials researchers of Tallinn University of Technology have improved the efficiency of next generation solar cells…
Technique captures a process that commonly causes electrical resistance in materials while, in others, can cause the absence of resistance, or superconductivity. For the first…
New time-lapse videos of Earth’s glaciers and ice sheets as seen from space – some spanning nearly 50 years – are providing scientists with new…
A new University of New South Wales (UNSW) study has shown that using a drone to film hippos in Africa is an effective, affordable tool…
University of Otago researchers have discovered how viruses that specifically kill bacteria can outwit bacteria by hiding from their defenses, findings which are important for…
Researchers assess direct and indirect effects of urban growth on a global scale. Leipzig/Halle/Arlington. In a rapidly urbanizing world, the conversion of natural habitats into…
Could Dark Carbon Be Hiding the True Scale of Ocean ‘Dead Zones’? Dead zones within the world’s oceans — where there is almost no oxygen…
Lancaster University researchers have discovered, for the first time, how a genetic alteration that increases the risk of developing Autism and Tourette’s impacts on the…
Grown as Christmas trees, Fraser firs are highly prized for their rich color and pleasant scent as well as their ability to hold their needles….
Criminalized practice in Nepal continues, study finds. Despite being criminalized in 2018, an estimated 77% of girls in mid-Western Nepal are still being forced to…
Creating switchable plasmons in plastics: Conductive polymer nanoantennas for dynamic organic plasmonics. Researchers in the Organic Photonics and Nano-optics group at the Laboratory of Organic…
‘Seeing others suffer is too stressful’ Altruism and a lack of access and affordability are three reasons why people with chronic illnesses are turning to…
Ultrafast Stimulated Emission Microscopy of Single Nanocrystals The ability to investigate the dynamics of single particle at the nano-scale and femtosecond level remained an unfathomed…
In a joint research study from Sweden, scientists from Chalmers University of Technology and Stockholm University have developed a new material for capturing carbon dioxide….
Researchers from the National Astronomical Observatories of the Chinese Academy of Science (NAOC), Peking University and Tsinghua University have found a special population of dwarf…
Diabetes drug Metformin shows benefits on aging and a number of diverse diseases. Researchers at McMaster University have unlocked one of the secrets behind the…