A new, Yale-led study unlocks the science behind a key ingredient -- namely oxygen -- in some of the world's most violent volcanoes.The research offers a new model for understanding the oxidation sta… [+3624 chars]
A team of scientists from University of Waterloo have come up with an exciting new theory that explains the origin of the universe, its expansion, and the presence of dark matter. It involves the exi… [+3617 chars]
Hopes have been raised that the dodo could be brought back from extinction after scientists sequenced the bird's entire genome for the first time. They spent years struggling to find well enough pre… [+9966 chars]
Bright and dark swirling patterns on the Moon's surface have been linked to the topography of the swirls, says a new paper by a team of scientists from the Planetary Science Institute. "This is the … [+3313 chars]
Holograms are three-dimensional (3D) images produced by interfering beams of light that reflect physical objects or photographs. In recent years, they were introduced in a variety of settings, for in… [+4276 chars]
A team of scientists found NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will be able to measure a specific kind of space dust littered throughout dozens of nearby planetary systems' habitable zones, or t… [+5745 chars]
A team of researchers at the University of Liverpool has tested the assumption that hafted tools (those with handles) provided early humans with enough benefit to warrant their construction and use. … [+2716 chars]
A new, Yale-led study unlocks the science behind a key ingredient -- namely oxygen -- in some of the world's most violent volcanoes.The research offers a new model for understanding the oxidation sta… [+3624 chars]
A massive release of greenhouse gases, likely triggered by volcanic activity, caused a period of abrupt global warming known as the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) 56 million years ago. A new… [+4411 chars]
Methanotrophic bacteria consume 30 million metric tons of methane per year and have captivated researchers for their natural ability to convert the potent greenhouse gas into usable fuel. Yet we know… [+4401 chars]
On December 25th last the James Webb Space Telescope JWST for short was finally propelled into the heavens on an Ariane 5 rocket from French Guiana. The telescope is the successor to Hubble, which h… [+6518 chars]
It was only last week the sun released a coronal mass ejection (CME) blast towards Earth, causing moderate geomagnetic storms. Now, observatories have honed in on an active sunspot region that has p… [+1504 chars]
