Groundwater at depths of several hundred meters or more can be hundreds of millions of years old and are often thought of stagnant and isolated from the atmosphere and the water cyclea reason these s… [+4447 chars]
It was the early '90s when, on a trip to the Space Telescope Science Institute, Dave Meyer was met by an urgent message. "You've got to see this." Elsewhere in the building, image after image was … [+12902 chars]
A recent research study conducted by City, University of London's Professor Christoph Bruecker and his team has demonstrated that artificial whiskers, built as models of whiskers from sea lions, can … [+1595 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]
Paleontology is undergoing a new renaissance. Since the mid-20th century, genomics has become the main focus of evolutionary biology. But the last few decades have shown how the study of fossils can … [+5814 chars]
A restaurant in southwestern China was discovered to be harboring ancient history, as dinosaur footprints – dating back 100 million years – were found in the establishment's outdoor courtyard. Foot… [+1723 chars]
A recent research study conducted by City, University of London's Professor Christoph Bruecker and his team has demonstrated that artificial whiskers, built as models of whiskers from sea lions, can … [+1595 chars]
WASHINGTON, July 20 (Reuters) - Scientists have answered a longstanding question about mammalian evolution, examining ear anatomy of living and extinct mammals and their close relatives to determine … [+4518 chars]
ByMax Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of MatterJuly 20, 2022 An infrared pulse (blue) excites the electron dynamics in bulk Na3Bi. Due to strong spin-orbit coupling, the spin-up elec… [+4508 chars]
<li>Miron, I. M. et al. Perpendicular switching of a single ferromagnetic layer induced by in-plane current injection. Nature476, 189193 (2011). CAS PubMed Article ADS Google Scholar </… [+11334 chars]
Previous observations have detected faint infrared sources near Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy. Although very high gas densities are required for stars to ove… [+2796 chars]
Look to the southeastern sky in the early hours of Thursday (July 21) morning to see the waning crescent moon shining close to Mars. The pair will be close enough to share the field of view in a pa… [+2445 chars]