Artists impression of the common-envelope evolution in a binary system J 1920. Credit: Jingchuan Yu Chinese and Australian Astronomers Find Direct Evidence for Binary Common Envelope Evolution A te… [+2251 chars]
At the Ningbo Institute of Materials Technology and Engineering (NIMTE) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, scientists have suggested a neuron-inspired all-around telechelic polymer exhibiting unusua… [+3182 chars]
A novel three-dimensional model of the fluid stored deep in Earth's crust along the Cascadia Subduction Zone provides new insight into how the accumulation and release of those fluids may influence s… [+4698 chars]
Polyploidy or whole-genome duplication (WGD) provides extra substrates for genomic evolution and is thus considered as an important driving force for genetic diversity, trait innovation, and ecologic… [+2851 chars]
NASA's New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto seven years ago, but the probe's work is far from done. New Horizons is still on duty in extended mission mode, diving ever deeper into the Kuiper Belt… [+6179 chars]
Inside All About Space issue 132, on sale now, explore NASA's biggest mission in over 50 years — Artemis. The mission aims to put boots back on the moon and bring us one step closer to Mars. For … [+3727 chars]
Unlike women, who are born with all the eggs they'll ever have, men can continue to produce sperm throughout their adult lives. To do so, they require a constant renewal of spermatogonial stem cells,… [+4887 chars]
Graphene and boron nitride show great potential as fillers in polymer matrices and as photocatalysts because of their desirable chemical and physical properties. However, their widespread usage is li… [+4802 chars]
At a dig site in China, a team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences working with a colleague from the Netherlands has uncovered the earliest known example of brood care in an insect. In … [+2429 chars]
The quantum vibrations in atoms hold a miniature world of information. If scientists can accurately measure these atomic oscillations, and how they evolve over time, they can hone the precision of at… [+7580 chars]
Reverse design method One major problem of the DNN during training is the non-uniqueness problem in reverse design, which means that different structural parameters can produce the same acoustic ref… [+15655 chars]
Researchers suspect that ancient male frogs pushed females underwater while trying to mount them. (Image credit: Shutterstock) (opens in new tab)It was a cold case with hundreds of victims. For deca… [+5348 chars]