Over the last few decades, researchers have built minuscule molecular machines that rotate or shuttle other molecules. However, it's difficult to determine the mechanical work and forces that these t… [+2326 chars]
Australia is home to some truly iconic mammals, capable of astonishing evolutionary feats. Ive spent the last 20 years trying to get to know them better, through ecological fieldwork across Australia… [+9552 chars]
Using the AstroSat spacecraft, Indian astronomers have inspected a galactic globular cluster known as NGC 5053. Results of the study, presented in a paper published May 27 on the arXiv pre-print repo… [+3298 chars]
In an article recently published in the journal ACS Applied Electronic Materials, researchers synthesized two-dimensional (2D) transition metal carbides, nitrides, and/or carbonitrides (Ti3C2TX MXene… [+6052 chars]
Nobody argues that at some point, after several billions of years in the future, the universe will expand too far and drive out of energy for more expansion. At that point, something has to alter. Th… [+1491 chars]
A large international study found that on average 31.4% of adolescents reported feeling unsafe at school in 13 European and Asian countries. The result revealed inequality in securing a safe educatio… [+3646 chars]
RNA can spontaneously form when component molecules filter through basaltic glass, and this could explain the origins of life on Earth and tell us where to seek it on other worlds, according to new r… [+3444 chars]
ByRoger Wiens, Purdue UniversityJune 6, 2022 Illustration of the Mars Perseverance Rover using its SuperCam instrument to laser zap a rock in order to test what its made of. Credit: NASA NASA Esta… [+5098 chars]
Asteroid collisions in the early solar system exposed their iron cores to space, allowing them to cool rapidly. (Image credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech) A great demolition derby, with a chaotic mess of aste… [+4971 chars]
The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch, read by Benjamin Thompson. Your browser does not support the audio element. Braincomputer interfaces (BCIs) implanted in … [+670 chars]
A mother polar bear and her 2-year-old cubs in northwestern Greenland. Credit: Øystein Wiig A new study is providing an enhanced look at the intertwined evolutionary histories of polar bears and bro… [+6904 chars]
(MENAFN- The Conversation) It has been more than 50 years since astronomers first proposeddark matter, which is thought to be the most common form of matter in the universe. Despite this, we have … [+6931 chars]
