A team of experts, including Charlie Kirkwood from the University of Exeter, has created a sophisticated new approach to modeling the Earth's natural features in greater detail and accuracy. The new… [+6486 chars]
A new Hubble Space Telescope clearly captures the heart of a distant galaxy structured much like our own. The new image shows the "eye" of a galaxy called NGC 1097, which is located 48 million light… [+1978 chars]
What we thought were three confirmed exoplanets have just been knocked off their perch and a fourth one is under serious doubt. According to a new analysis using revised characteristics, the objects… [+4724 chars]
On March 16, a study of the remains of a new dinosaur species with spiked armor discovered in southwestern China by Yunnan University's School of Life Sciences was published in eLife. Paleontologists… [+275 chars]
CHICAGO (AP) Eugene Parker, a physicist who theorized the existence of solar wind and became the first person to witness the launch of a spacecraft bearing his name, has died, his son and the Univers… [+3847 chars]
<li>IPCC Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis (eds Stocker, T. F. et al.) (Cambridge Univ. Press 2013). </li><li>Ciais, P. et al. in Climate Change 2013: The Physical Science Basis (eds S… [+24050 chars]
Materials scientists at the UCLA Samueli School of Engineering and colleagues from five other universities around the world have discovered the major reason why perovskite solar cellswhich show great… [+3977 chars]
image: A microscopic image of the 3D-printed tubule. Twelve days after printing, the team found that the cells had not only survived, but also matured into several of the specialized cells involved i… [+3998 chars]
A new study based on NASA and ESA satellite data shows that Arctic sea ice is thinning at a "frightening rate." Measuring the ice via satellites each month from 2018 to 2021, polar scientists Sahra … [+2595 chars]
When marine biologists subjected two of the most common coral species to a +2°C aquarium for two years, mother nature showed she may just have a trick or two yet up her sleeves. Keeping the planet f… [+2449 chars]
A challenge in materials design is that in both natural and manmade materials, volume sometimes decreases, or increases, with increasing temperature. While there are mechanical explanations for this … [+5517 chars]
A Stone Age woman who lived 4,000 years ago is leaning on her walking stick and looking ahead as a spirited young boy bursts into a run, in a stunning life-size reconstruction now on display in Swede… [+6824 chars]