The electric current in semiconductor materials can be conducted by electrons and positively charged holes or missing electrons. When light strikes a material, electrons can be excited to a higher en… [+3767 chars]
Russian cosmonaut Sergei Korsakov has shared a remarkable photo from his view through one of the International Space Station (ISS) windows. The picture shows ice crystals forming in a pattern very r… [+1149 chars]
image: Photos taken before and after the hurricane demonstrate the resilience of the microbial mats.view more Credit: Johns Hopkins University After sustaining seemingly catastrophic hurricane dam… [+3428 chars]
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]
DNA "fingerprints" left behind by sea turtles offer scientists a simple, powerful way of tracking the health and whereabouts of these endangered animals, a key step forward in their conservation. A … [+6908 chars]
Without a question of doubt, the term "meteor shower" is a misnomer. It creates a mental picture of shooting stars pouring out of the sky like water from a sprinkler, but that is simply not the case.… [+12379 chars]
Long before they enter a classroom, people learn to identify commonplace objects like a "dog" and a "chair" just by encountering them in everyday life, with no intent to learn about what they are.A n… [+5068 chars]
Ancient volcanic eruptions on the moon could provide an unexpected resource for future lunar explorers: water. Between 2 billion and 4 billion years ago, the moon was a volcanic hotspot. Tens of tho… [+3826 chars]
DNA molecules called plasmids – some of which protect bacteria from antibiotics – can spread rapidly through bacterial "communities" that are treated with antibiotics, new research shows. Plasmids a… [+2591 chars]
May 27 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith According to a recent study published in Physical Review Letters, some of the world’s most powerful particle accelerators have helped scientists gather new leading … [+3057 chars]
Scientists have discovered an extraordinarily deep (>90 km) magma chamber in Hawaii that keeps Hawaii’s volcanoes active. For the first time, new international research undertaken by Monash Unive… [+1764 chars]
On the list of scientific tools that help us understand health, evolution or the environment, the Trinidadian guppy doesn't often come to mind. The fish are more often thought of as aquarium pets in… [+7286 chars]
