An artist's impression of Mars Express. Spacecraft image credit: ESA/ATG medialab; Mars: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO Can you believe a Martian spacecraft has been running a system based on … [+1719 chars]
Astronomers have discovered what might be the most powerful pulsar ever observed. They suspect the newfound object, VT 1137-0337, is a pulsar wind nebula, a neutron star that accelerates nearby ch… [+2812 chars]
Early Sunday, the Milky Way was tinted in an unusual shade of red, mystifying sky-gazers across the Mid-Atlantic. Only a few people recorded the sight on camera, which was not visible to the human e… [+2300 chars]
The original SARS-CoV-2 viral strain that emerged in early 2020 was able to latch on to sugars known as sialic acids, found on the surface of human cells, an ability that later strains did not retain… [+4027 chars]
When asteroid 2019 OK suddenly appeared barreling toward Earth on July 25, 2019, Luisa Fernanda Zambrano-Marin and the team at the Arecibo Observatory in Puerto Rico jumped into action.After getting … [+5561 chars]
A light-operating fish bot has been developed by scientists. This fish robot is able to swiftly move about, gathering up and eliminating plastic particles from their natural surroundings. It has pro… [+1707 chars]
Summertime beachgoers are all too familiar with the painful reality of a jellyfish sting. But how do the stinging cells of jellyfish and their coral and sea anemone cousins actually work? New researc… [+5526 chars]
Mangrove forests play a vital role in the health of our planet. The trees and shrubs absorb a substantial amount of greenhouse gas emissions, help protect communities from rising sea levels, and act … [+2769 chars]
A stag beetle (Lucanidae sp.) biting the metal plates of the sensor. Credit: Peter T. Rühr/University of Bonn How hard can insects bite? Having a strong chewing apparatus makes it easier to crush ha… [+5067 chars]
It has been observed that the degree to which graphene is dispersed in the polymer matrix can influence the flow or rheological properties of polymer composites. As a result, the key characteristics … [+6484 chars]
A new analysis of fossilised specimens of Vampyronassa rhodanica an ancient species of cephalopod related to octopus, squid and cuttlefish uncovers how the animal may have been well adapted to active… [+1766 chars]
<li>Jones, R. O. Density functional theory: Its origins, rise to prominence, and future. Rev. Mod. Phys.87, 897 (2015). A review article that presents the development and important applications of DF… [+1109 chars]
