image: A schematic diagram showing the novel role of mussel surface protein containing cysteine contributing to maintaining the surface adhesion in the oxidative underwater environment by inducing ta… [+2629 chars]
A study on the new measurement titled "High-precision measurement of the W boson mass with the CDF II detector" has been published in the journal Science. The W boson is an elementary particle, a fu… [+1497 chars]
The MeerKAT telescope in South Africa has detected a strong radio-wave laser known as a “megamaser.” The discovery is the farthest megamaser of its sort yet discovered, located around five billion li… [+2222 chars]
Astronauts heading to the Moon in a few years would have to face intense cosmic radiation which would expose them to serious risk of cancer and degenerative diseases. To avoid this possibility, the E… [+2145 chars]
Collective dynamics are ubiquitous in the natural world. From neural circuits to animal groups, there are countless instances in which the interactions among large numbers of elementary units bestow … [+2906 chars]
The Sun just hurled debris from a dead sunspot toward Earth, and the superheated material is supposed to arrive at our planet on Thursday (dont worryyou wont feel it). On Monday, an old and dying s… [+2274 chars]
Methane is the most important hydrocarbon in the atmosphere. It is a potent greenhouse gas. Scientists from Radboud University demonstrated that it could generate power from methane-consuming bacter… [+1662 chars]
The 2012 Lyrid meteor shower as captured by astronaut Don Pettit aboard the International Space Station. NASA The first quarter of each year is a relatively quiet period for meteor showers, but th… [+2101 chars]
Seeing the planets of the Solar System aligned in a neat line is one of many awe-inspiring stargazing experiences we can get and this month you could have a chance to see it with your own eyes. From… [+2576 chars]
Experts have confirmed a meteor that hit Earth in January 2014 did come from another solar system and is therefore the first known interstellar object. In a newly-released memo, US Space Command of… [+7990 chars]
A new study by scientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT provides the most comprehensive and rigorous evidence yet that the mammalian brain stores a single memory across a wi… [+7889 chars]
A new study by scientists at The Picower Institute for Learning and Memory at MIT provides the most comprehensive and rigorous evidence yet that the mammalian brain stores a single memory across a wi… [+7889 chars]
