The phenomenon of cathodoluminescence gave geologists an easy way to identify quartz and other minerals…
By using the Hubble Space Telescope and Spitzer Space Telescope to simultaneously view the brown…
Scientists have discovered the reason why the skin on human fingers and toes shrivels up…
In the last 40,000 years, there have been at least ten gigantic landslides of more…
In a newly published study, UC Davis scientists detail how they engineered cyanobacteria to grow…
A new Hubble image has allowed scientists to calculate the orbital motion of the planet…
Some of the world’s largest reserves of crude oil are held in the oil sands…
A newly published study has shown that graphene oxide can rapidly remove some of the…
By using sophisticated gene sequencing methods to demonstrate a regulatory link between the stem cell…
Scientists have discovered a pattern of gene activity, which allows some corals to survive in…
Slime molds are gelatinous amoebae that are classified as protists, a taxonomic group. Slime molds,…
A newly published study found that astronauts going to Mars could have trouble sleeping, become…
Archaeologists have retrieved medicinal tablets from a 2000-year-old shipwreck, indicating that classical Mediterranean civilizations used…
Cockroaches feed on garbage and carrion, so anything that’s devouring a cockroach from the inside…
NASA’s Nuclear Spectroscopic Telescope Array is providing scientists with greater sensitivity and imaging capability and…
Researchers have discovered an 8.6-meter (28-foot) long reptile with a massive skull and sharp teeth…
While using the 305-meter William E. Gordon Telescope at Arecibo, researchers discovered an outburst in…
Elephants need to consume a minimum of 100 liters (26 gallons) of water and 100…