The first lab study on garden eels shows how these shy creatures use their burrows, and change their movement and posture, when feeding in strong currents. Garden eels are the ultimate homebodies. I… [+4958 chars]
Many historic buildings were built of sandstone, such as Vienna's St. Stephen's Cathedral. Sandstone is easy to work, but does not withstand weathering well. It consists of sand grains that are relat… [+3324 chars]
A cosmic crime scene has revealed the gory details of black holes' eating habits. In a new study, astronomers studied a supermassive black hole 's destruction of a star , revealing how these cosmi… [+5871 chars]
An international team of astronomers reports the detection of highly collimated radio jets around a nearby radio galaxy known as NGC 2663. These jets, spanning a total of more than 1,150 light years,… [+3880 chars]
The motors are built from DNA strands arranged into triangular platforms attached to a long, rotating arm.Credit: A.-K. Pumm et al./Nature (CC BY 4.0) Physicists have built a molecular-scale motor e… [+4094 chars]
Plants face constant attack by diseases, insect swarms, and fungi, resulting in crop losses that threaten global food security. Discovering new ways to help the plant defend itself against attack is … [+2659 chars]
Ferroelectric domain walls are small-sized quasi-two-dimensional (2D) systems with great potential in developing memristor technology, non-volatile memory, and electronic components. The instantaneou… [+6048 chars]
Illustration of the Solar System viewed from beyond Neptune, with all eight planets visible around ... [+] the Sun, created on April 14, 2016. (Illustration by Tobias Roetsch/Future Publishing via Ge… [+1650 chars]
A new study reveals that the Arctic is melting four times faster than the rate of global warming. The study could not find contributing causes but suspected the causes may be linked to sea ice and … [+1958 chars]
Long before the dinosaurs appeared, when the first forests stretched toward the sky and enormous insects ruled Earth , a humble, shovel-faced fish with particularly strong fins decided to try its … [+3620 chars]
New York: Three out of five Americans believe that the James Webb telescope is a somewhat or very good investment, according to a new YouGov poll. The $10 billion Webb telescope, is an international… [+2463 chars]
Lets be honest : Penguins are a little, well, weird. Theyre flightless birds that waddle around on the coldest reaches of planet Earth, but they can also dive to impressive depths below the ocean's … [+6235 chars]
