Gravitational wave ‘tones’ detected following the merger of two black holes confirm the decades-old ‘no-hair…
Just as mathematics reveals the motions of the stars and the rhythms of nature, it…
Studying the interactions between light and gas in intergalactic space, SISSA scientists are trying to…
Major steps forward in understanding neutrino properties. In the quest to prove that matter can…
Encouraging activity and improving diet in children is crucial to cut deaths from cardiovascular disease…
For centuries, the mental world of the mind and the physical world were treated as…
One of the most common antidepressants, sertraline, leads to an early reduction in anxiety symptoms,…
About 466 million years ago, long before the age of the dinosaurs, the Earth froze.…
In independent studies, two Princeton University research teams recently identified surprisingly large sources of methane,…
New strategy developed to kill pathogens resistant to antibiotics. A potentially deadly, antibiotic-resistant bacterium present…
Researchers combine nano-optics and organic chemistry to measure complex light landscapes in the tight focus…
Study shows for the first time a direct link between surface melting and short bursts…
Rapid eye movement, or REM, sleep is a fascinating period when most of our dreams…
Many of the best-loved galaxies in the cosmos are remarkably large, close, massive, bright, or…
Observational data from radiosondes deployed in Antarctica improve the forecasting accuracy for severe Antarctic cyclones,…
A study into the impact of flavored e-cigarettes, on allergic airways disease, suggests that some…
Physicists theorize a novel way to explore the nature of dark matter with lasers. Dark…
Quantum mechanics and the general theory of relativity form the bedrock of the current understanding…