The inner core of the Earth oscillates, causing variations in the length of the day, now say researchers, while contradicting a previously accepted theory. Getty Images Also Read: Earth's Inner Cor… [+1793 chars]
Researchers from Ohio University presented evidence for a new carbon solid called “amorphous graphite” this week, as the world’s need for carbon-based materials, like graphite, increases. (left side… [+5853 chars]
The skin of cephalopods, such as octopuses, squids and cuttlefish, is stretchy and smart, contributing to these creatures' ability to sense and respond to their surroundings. A Penn State-led collabo… [+3245 chars]
When our sun exhausts the hydrogen fuel in its core some 5 billion years from now, it will expand to become a red giant, engulfing the inner planets. The dynamics and possible outcomes of planetary e… [+2976 chars]
A novel freeze-dissolving approach has been devised that offers greater efficiency and sustainability compared to the classic freeze-drying process to make superfine powder or nanoparticles. … [+5926 chars]
A mirror world parallel universe of particles that interact with our world only via gravity may ... [+] solve the 'Hubble constant' problem is cosmology. getty Is there really an unseen mirror worl… [+7407 chars]
For many years, the human genome was viewed as a book of life in which sections of great eloquence and economy of expression were interspersed with vast stretches of gibberish. The legible sections c… [+6827 chars]
Synthesis of n-alkyl-PBI in the presence of TEOS (n = 1, 5, 10 and 100 equiv.). R = n-propylamine (C3), n-pentylamine (C5), n-octylamine (C8), n-tetradecylamine (C14). Credit: Hipassia M. Moura et al… [+4116 chars]
Recent experiments published in Nature challenge our understanding of electron behavior in quantum materials. Researchers have used stacked layers of tungsten ditelluride to observe electrons behave … [+5904 chars]
Quantitative characterization of interactions between nanoparticles (NPs) and proteins via a high-throughput manner is challenging. In an article published in the journal Analytical Chemistry, resear… [+6421 chars]
A mirror world parallel universe of particles that interact with our world only via gravity may ... [+] solve the 'Hubble constant' problem is cosmology. getty Is there really an unseen mirror worl… [+7407 chars]
For tens of millions of years, our newborn Universe was shrouded in hydrogen. Bit by bit, this vast mist was torn apart by the light of the very first stars in a dawn that defined the shape of the em… [+3510 chars]