New research surrounding Pluto has revealed that the planet is subjected to chaotic perturbance and changes over shorter time scales, with the planet being stable, relatively, at larger timescales. … [+1714 chars]
They should all be visible this month. NASA The pre-dawn hours are bringing a planet-spotting party for skywatchers this week. Jupiter, Venus, Mars and Saturn will be visible in a diagonal line, j… [+1686 chars]
Sharing real-time information requires complex networks of systems. A promising approach for speeding up data storage devices consists of switching the magnetization, or the electrons' spin, of magne… [+3009 chars]
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As we speak, there’s a crisis playing out in physics. Does time exist? And if not, how do we explain our universe? It’s an absurd notion to question the very fabric of our reality; the clock, the cal… [+5397 chars]
New research reveals that ozone in the troposphere is adding a great deal of heat to the Southern Ocean more than scientists previously understood. Air pollution heating up the Southern Ocean. Acco… [+3818 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope has been used to observe a distant "wispy" or "ultra-diffuse" galaxy called GAMA 526784. The European Space Agency (ESA) has published a new image snapped by the Hubble Sp… [+1077 chars]
In case your nightmares are insufficiently full of terrifying real creatures, here is another one for you: there is a ferocious and venomous worm whose four fearsome fangs are built from copper. Bloo… [+2815 chars]
Conjunctival goblet cells (CGCs) are specialized epithelial cells secreting mucins to form the mucus layer of tear film. The mucus layer spreads the tear film on the ocular surface for protection. Th… [+2541 chars]
The chemical element phosphorus (P) is one of the essential building blocks of all biological life and, based on it, a function-giving component of many products: in medicines, food products or ferti… [+2568 chars]
If you live in Ontario, keep your eyes peeled for "suspicious rocks." On Sunday (April 17), skywatching cameras in the Canadian province recorded a massive fireball that likely produced tens to hund… [+2257 chars]
Tiny beetles that feed on fruit from the palm family may have developed their taste for coconuts long ago, according to a Penn State-led team of scientists studying suspected insect damage in a 60-mi… [+3895 chars]
