A team from EPFL and NCCR Marvel has identified more than 1,000 materials with a…
Ancient microbes may have been producing oxygen through photosynthesis a billion years earlier than we…
Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have led an international team to the ground-breaking discovery that…
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Permafrost in the coldest northern Arctic — formerly thought to be at least temporarily shielded…
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As cancer cells continuously mutate their DNA, they also produce proteins that are altered from…
Scientists have found a new way to work with heterogeneous catalysts, which are key chemical…
ESA’s Integral space observatory has witnessed a rare event: the moment that winds emitted by…
In this image, NASA’s Cassini Spacecraft sees Saturn and its rings through a haze of…
JILA scientists have invented a new imaging technique that produces rapid, precise measurements of quantum…
Many animals use venom to protect themselves from predators and to catch prey. Some, like…
Quantum mechanics is the branch of physics governing the sometimes-strange behavior of the tiny particles…
The tiny fossil of a prehistoric baby bird is helping scientists understand how early avians…
Lenses are no longer necessary for some microscopes, according to Rice University engineers developing FlatScope,…
Scientists have used lab experiments to retrace the chemical steps leading to the creation of…
The new MATISSE instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope Interferometer (VLTI) has now successfully made…
This enchanting spiral galaxy can be found in the constellation of Ursa Major (the Great…