One of the main objectives of optics is the control of light propagation and confinement. Progress in optics historically started with the development of bulky lenses and mirrors, then prisms and gra… [+5326 chars]
Scientists have discovered that the body's own natural killer cells can suppress the immune benefits of therapeutic vaccines, a problem that can affect inoculations against chronic viral infections a… [+5240 chars]
Land plants evolved 470 million years ago from algae and have since reshaped our world. Throughout their evolution, ferns have undergone a series of changes that have helped them survive on land. For… [+3710 chars]
NASA will have to continue relying on international cooperation to keep the International Space Station (ISS) ticking over to 2030 and beyond, despite plans to replace the laboratory with private com… [+3497 chars]
Not everyone is into science or even cares how it works. But sometimes science is too cool to ignore. The scientists at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) are revisiting an old hypothesis fr… [+2725 chars]
In the early '90s, on a trip to the Space Telescope Science Institute, Dave Meyer was met with an air of exhilaration and an urgent tone. "You've got to see this." Elsewhere in the building, image… [+12944 chars]
Australian scientists are making strides towards solving one of the greatest mysteries of the universe: the nature of invisible dark matter. The ORGAN Experiment, Australias first major dark matter … [+6498 chars]
A National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) scientist has made headlines for his stark warnings to male astronauts heading up to the skies above: under no circumstances should you masturba… [+2863 chars]
Physicists at the Center for Computational Quantum Physics at the Flatiron Institute in New York City have succeeded in creating a remarkable, never-before-seen phase of matter. Although there is sti… [+4541 chars]
A hidden quantum phase was exposed after a group of scientists used a set of spectroscopic equipment in a two-dimensional crystal. The researchers from MIT and the University of Texas witnessed the… [+2999 chars]
Online jokes about Tiktaalik roseae, the famous four-legged "fishapod" that first appeared on land 375 million years ago, have been going around throughout the epidemic. In the majority of depictions… [+4926 chars]
Hydrate-based gas separation is used for sequestration of carbon dioxide (CO2). However, the requirement for high-performing additives to combat its low gas storage capacity makes this method expensi… [+6176 chars]
