In a Rice University study, a polycrystalline material spinning in a magnetic field reconfigures as grain boundaries appear and disappear due to circulation at the interface of the voids. The various… [+4514 chars]
Researchers using an innovative astrodynamics algorithm have uncovered over 100 asteroids that had gone undetected in archived images of the sky. Asteroids are rocky objects left over from the fo… [+2867 chars]
Reconstruction of the phylogenetic tree of Rodentia (rodents) on the basis of their whole genomes. Image via Wiki Commons. Ever since Darwin published and popularized the idea of evolution, research… [+4446 chars]
Scientists who study the cosmos have a favorite philosophy known as the "mediocrity principle," which, in essence, suggests that there's really nothing special about Earth, the sun or the Milky Way g… [+4970 chars]
Spot the difference: Uranus (left) is a lighter blue than Neptune despite being a similar mass, size and with a comparable atmosphere. (Courtesy: NASA/JPL-Caltech/B. Jónsson) Ever wondered why Neptu… [+2100 chars]
The oldest shoe in Norway — a 3,000-year-old bootie from the Bronze Age — is just one of thousands of ancient artifacts that were recovered from the country's melting mountain ice patches in the past… [+4805 chars]
The third edition of the Pollica Summer Workshop will begin on 6 June and is scheduled to run until 1 July at Castello dei Principi Capano. The event, which benefits from the support of the Campania … [+4822 chars]
Throughout the world, huge kelp forests have battled to stay healthy the past few years along with some fading altogether. Most kelp forests around the world’s coastlines are struggling due to clima… [+5750 chars]
Three times a day a measurement is transmitted from the National Research Councils Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory to a list of recipients around the world. Some use it directly; others arc… [+3803 chars]
What are your biggest phobias? For me, I have worked for years to try and be just okay with a spider in the room doesnt matter how big or small, hairy or leggy. They are all equally terrifying. Ive… [+7285 chars]
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in France has developed a means of using pairs of Cooper pairs to protect qubits inside a quantum computer from external noise. In their pap… [+2275 chars]
Few good night sky watchers caught a peek of a brand new meteor shower on Monday night when the Earth passed through the debris route of a crumbling comet. The meteor shower glimpsed around 1 a.m. E… [+1107 chars]
