In May 1997, a large earthquake shook the Kermadec Islands region in the South Pacific Ocean. A little over 20 years later, in September 2018, a second big earthquake hit the same location, its waves… [+5637 chars]
For millennia, our species looked at the Moon as a place that would forever be beyond our reach, but 20th-century technologies finally made our natural satellite accessible to probes, landers, and ev… [+1091 chars]
Detecting weak signals is an important step in testing physics hypotheses and making major advances in cutting-edge and underlying physics research. Yet, the signals are too weak to be measured and t… [+2248 chars]
<li>Cioni, R., DOriano, C. & Bertagnini, A. Fingerprinting ash deposits of small scale eruptions by their physical and textural features. J. Volcanol. Geoth. Res.177, 277287 (2008). CAS Artic… [+17204 chars]
The octopus is an exceptional organism with an extremely complex brain and cognitive abilities that are unique among invertebrates. So much so that in some ways it has more in common with vertebrates… [+4484 chars]
A new analysis of a Martian meteorite is challenging current thinking about how terrestrial planets acquired volatile elements, including the elemental ingredients of life, early in their formation. … [+2718 chars]
Hermit crabs are found in oceans all over the world, occupying habitats that range from shallow coastal waters to the deepest of seas. They have soft, fragile abdomens that need to be protected from … [+4997 chars]
The composition of the bulk, the outer core of the Earth, is not pure iron but has a density deficit of about 510%, indicating the existence of a considerable amount of light elements in the outer co… [+6681 chars]
A new technique uses magnetic fields to align gold nanorods while preserving their underlying optical properties, report researchers. “Gold nanorods are of interest because they can absorb and scatt… [+2563 chars]
A 42-year-old man with schizophrenia and human immunodeficiency syndrome swallowed several glass shards in an attempted suicide. Two days later, he was admitted to the ER of the Florianópolis Hospita… [+8258 chars]
Windows 98 is an alien OS in the year 2022 The Mars Express. Image: European Space Agency Engineers at the European Space Agency (ESA) are getting ready for a Windows 98 upgrade on an orbiter circ… [+2441 chars]
An international group of astronomers, led by Juan Diego Soler of the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), have found the imprint of the bubbles produced by the explosion of dying star… [+4608 chars]
