A Russian-Belorussian research team has developed a new tungsten oxidebased gas sensing material that shows high sensitivity to carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and acetone. The new material's gas s… [+2498 chars]
Somewhere out in the cosmos, there's the physics equivalent of a unicorn. Catching even a glimpse of this oddity that looks like the isolated tip of a magnet would be like a beacon in the night, poin… [+4151 chars]
Biological arms races are commonplace in nature. Cheetahs, for example, have evolved a sleek body form that lends itself to rapid running, enabling them to feast upon similarly speedy gazelles, the f… [+9625 chars]
According to new research from University of British Columbia (UBC) biologists, even the smallest marine invertebrates are home to distinct and diverse microbial communities or microbiomes. The study… [+2984 chars]
Seeing is believing or, for scientists, the beginning of understanding. Researchers can visualize atomically small details with transmission electron microscopy (TEM) by beaming electrons through the… [+3630 chars]
The two most cited psychologists are Sigmund Fraud and Jean Piaget. Piaget pioneered the study of intellectual development in children. Coming in third is Hans Eysenck who died in 1997 at age 81. He … [+517 chars]
Classifying celestial objects is a long-standing problem. With sources at near unimaginable distances, sometimes it's difficult for researchers to distinguish between objects such as stars, galaxies,… [+4723 chars]
Several years ago, researchers discovered burn marks on fossilised egg shells, leading scientists to believe that early Australians cooked and ate the eggs of giant flightless birds that roamed the c… [+4278 chars]
For tens of thousands of years, Aboriginal Australians have created some of the world's most striking artworks. Today their work continues long lines of ancestral traditions, stories of the past and … [+4846 chars]
Despite nothing escaping blackholes, other than jets of energy, images can now be produced allowing a better understanding of whats going on with the one-way monsters that gobble up everything that g… [+770 chars]
A recently developed catalyst for breaking down plastics continues to advance plastic upcycling processes. In 2020, a team of researchers led by Ames Laboratory scientists developed the first process… [+3543 chars]
There’s a revolution underway in astronomy. In fact, you might say there are several. In the past ten years, exoplanet studies have advanced considerably, gravitational wave astronomy has emerged as … [+7257 chars]
