Physicists at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) have announced the observation of three never-before-seen particles as the accelerator kicks off its third run. A new kind of "pentaquark" was spotted a… [+2496 chars]
Using data from genome sequencing, scientists at the University of Illinois show that a significant newly recognized group of mammalian lice, including lice of humans, originated on the common ancest… [+3204 chars]
Physical and logical qubits: The ion trap used in the experiment, seen through the window of an ultra-high vacuum chamber. (Courtesy: Robbie Shone) Quantum computers are a study of extremes. On the … [+4799 chars]
Thirsty? Alcoholic Scientists say they've found alcohol molecules in space though, unfortunately, it's not the type that gets you drunk. A team from the Max Planck Institute for Radio Astronomy in… [+2203 chars]
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope team has released a new edition in the Hubble Focus e-book series, called "Hubble Focus: Strange New Worlds." This e-book highlights the mission's recent discoveries abo… [+5600 chars]
Antarctica has long been a land of mystery and heroic feats made famous by the explorations of James Ross and Roald Amundsen, Robert Scott and Ernest Shackleton. A key piece of the puzzle for unde… [+2383 chars]
It was on Independence Day 25 years ago that a little rover named after a Civil War abolitionist parachuted and tumbled to the Red Planet's surface on airbags. NASA's first-ever Mars rover, dubbed S… [+4225 chars]
Using a new method, scientists are better able to distinguish between mirror-image substances. This is important amongst others in drug development, because the two variants can cause completely diff… [+3700 chars]
Figure 1: A diffusion tensor image (DTI) showing some of the major connections of the brain. Developing a physics for the brain is a daunting task that has obsessed scientists since large-scale brai… [+8736 chars]
High altitude clouds have been forming in recent days at the highest rates seen since 2007. Rocket exhaust may be the cause, but climate change is also known to make the clouds more visible. Noct… [+3548 chars]
Scientists from the Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives at Osaka University discovered a new feature of solar cells made from antimony sulfiodide:sulfide composite, which th… [+3678 chars]
Following two years of upgrades, the Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) is almost ready for its next operating run, which is set to begin in March 2023. During this fourth o… [+3709 chars]
