Article body copy This article was originally published in bioGraphic, an independent magazine about nature and conservation powered by the California Academy of Sciences. The nautilus inhabited t… [+26172 chars]
Neodymium is an element, and in the absence of significant amounts of any other material, it exhibits glassy behavior in its crystalline state, in contrast to ordinary spin glasses where magnetic ele… [+1688 chars]
An international team of astrophysicists has identified the location where powerful and highly energetic X-rays are being shot out into space from inside a region in space shaped like a giant aquatic… [+4292 chars]
Powerful radio pulses originating deep in the cosmos can be used to study hidden pools of gas cocooning nearby galaxies, according to a new study appearing in the journal Nature Astronomy. So-called… [+4389 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]
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Ten years after the first reported observation of the Higgs boson at the CERN Large Hadron Collider, the most up-to-date results of the properties of this elementary particle from the ATLAS and CMS c… [+1831 chars]
Comets are fossils from the ancient times and from the depths of our Solar System, and they are relics from the formation of the sun, planets, and moons. A team led by chemist Dr. Nora Hänni of the P… [+4764 chars]
Astronauts on space missions lasting longer than six months suffer decades' worth of bone loss, much of which could be irreversible, a new study has found. The finding may present a serious challenge… [+6362 chars]
Since 1910, the quadrennial International Congress of Entomologylast hosted in 2016 in Orlando, Florida (shown here)has provided a forum for advancing the frontiers of entomological research and a st… [+17296 chars]
Kamptozoa and Bryozoa are two groups of aquatic invertebrates related to clams, earthworms and leeches. Evolutionary biologists did not have an understanding of their precise position in the tree of … [+2023 chars]
Paris, the capital of France, is awash with history; it's home to the Eiffel Tower, Arc de Triomphe, Notre-Dame Cathedral and the Louvre , the world's most-visited museum (opens in new tab). Yet,… [+7196 chars]
