image: Infected brain blood vessels (purple containing yellow) with spread of infection into the brain (dark spaces containing yellow)view more Credit: University of Sheffield <ul><li>New research… [+3630 chars]
MIT chemists have devised a new chemical reaction that allows them to synthesize a phosphorus-containing ring, using a catalyst to add phosphorus to simple organic compounds called alkenes.Their reac… [+4615 chars]
Stargazers will be treated to up to 18 meteors an hour when the Lyrid meteor shower lights up the sky on Saturday morning.The celestial display is expected to peak in the early hours of April 23 and … [+1734 chars]
Researchers in NUI Galway have shown, for the first time, that smaller species of scorpions, with smaller pincers, have more potent venoms compared to larger species with robust claws.The scientists … [+3407 chars]
The National Science Foundation has announced this year's winners of the prestigious Alan T. ... [+] Waterman Award, named after NSF's first director. getty The U.S. National Science Foundation ann… [+4666 chars]
Explosion animation artists concept. Researchers from Skoltech, Carnegie Institution of Washington, Howard University, the University of Chicago, and the Chinese Academy of Sciences Institute of Sol… [+3717 chars]
At the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego, an international research group made use of computer model simulations to determine that climate change is changing the mechanics of surfac… [+3355 chars]
When a star strays too close to a black hole, intense tides break it apart into a stream of gas. This artists animation shows some of these remains surrounding the black hole as a disk of debris. Cre… [+4689 chars]
In brief: Say the words holographic doctor, and many peoplewell, Star Trek fansmight think of the dry-witted Emergency Medical Hologram Mark I, aka The Doctor, from Star Trek: Voyager. But while that… [+2279 chars]
Scientists working with the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) proposed a method for building habitats on Mars using "bacteria bricks", a press statement reveals. In a paper in the journal PL… [+1953 chars]
SpaceX is targeting the launch of a new batch of Starlink satellites from the Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida on April 21. The Falcon 9 rocket will liftoff at 11:21 pm (IST) carrying 53… [+2005 chars]
An illustration featuring mammalian herbivores (green), omnivores (purple), invertivores (yellow) and carnivores (red). Each column includes mammal species lost in the past 2.58 million years (light … [+9073 chars]
