Since astronomers began finding exoplanets in the 1990s, they've uncovered a lot of hot Jupiters, and now NASA's most venerable telescope is playing meteorologist. These colossal worlds are gas gia… [+3496 chars]
If you want to understand the evolution of planets, it helps to spot them young. The alignment of the James Webb Space Telescope's near-infrared instruments entered its "chilling" stage of the Mid-I… [+3435 chars]
A team of researchers affiliated with multiple institutions in Japan has produced offspring from in vitroderived germ cells in rats. In their paper published in the journal Science, the group describ… [+2663 chars]
Sensors are a pillar of the Internet of Things, providing the data to control all sorts of objects. Here, precision is essential, and this is where quantum technologies could make a difference. Resea… [+2838 chars]
The grand explanation physicists use to describe how the universe works may have some major new flaws to patch after a fundamental particle was found to have more mass than scientists thought. "It's … [+3854 chars]
The Triceratops horridus Big John. The complete restored skeleton; the fenestra analyzed here is indicated by the white circle (courtesy of Ferrara A., and Briano I.). Credit: Scientific Reports (202… [+2609 chars]
For all the recent advances in integrated lithium niobate photonic circuits — from frequency combs to frequency converters and modulators — one big component has remained frustratingly difficult to i… [+3374 chars]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Rare vaccine-related blood clots tied to gene; concentrated antibodies may help the immunosuppressed The following is a summary of some recent… [+1915 chars]
Seawater samples collected from a surfboard helped a team of researchers from the University of Exeter understand microscopic organisms living in the waves, according to a study published in the scie… [+2969 chars]
Last year, there were serious concerns the Hubble telescope would never work again following a series of technical issues leading to a halt in operations. Now, the iconic orbital observatory has cap… [+2175 chars]
Quantum electrodynamics (QED) theory describes the way light and matter interact. It includes both quantum mechanics and Einstein’s particular theory of relativity in a way that has remained successf… [+2936 chars]
Clownfish may have been made famous through the popular film Finding Nemo, but probably only a few people realize that these charismatic orange-and-white fish offer huge potential for scientific rese… [+4050 chars]