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]
A “potentially hazardous” asteroid measuring approximately 1.7km in diameter is expected to pass close to Earth today. The asteroid will pass by Earth at 16:26 South African Standard Time (SAST). … [+1931 chars]
Satellite images from NASA have captured the underwater eruption of the Kavachi Volcano in the Pacific Ocean's Solomon Islands. One of the most active submarine volcanoes in the ocean, scientists fo… [+1810 chars]
Bacteria-mediated theranostics is a new paradigm in medical technology. In an article recently published in the journal ACS Applied Biomaterials, researchers synthesized gold (Au) nanoclusters on the… [+6154 chars]
Enlarge/ Detail from an illustration of Genyornis (aka the "Demon Duck of Doom") not looking so tough as it is chased from its nest by a Megalania lizard in prehistoric Australia. 17 with 14 posters… [+3758 chars]
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – 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 l… [+5104 chars]
Novel research led by psychologists from Durham University, UK and Illinois Institute of Technology, USA, along with the collaborative network of researchers around the world (under the consortium na… [+2740 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]
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]
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Geologists are planning to crack open an 830-million-year-old rock salt crystal, which they believe contains ancient microorganisms that may still be alive. Researchers from the Geological Society o… [+5049 chars]
Could the Earth's core be rusting? Scientists are now suggesting that there are major changes happening to Earth's physiology that we may not be able to see immediately. Earth's core is made up of mo… [+2606 chars]
