Using data from the Large Sky Area Multi-Object Fiber Spectroscopic Telescope (LAMOST) and ESA's Gaia satellite, astronomers have detected 21 new high-probability extremely low-mass white dwarfs. The… [+3252 chars]
A harmful and often deadly substance made by bacteria, a bacterial toxin manipulates host cell functions and disrupts vital cell processes in a living organism. Bacterial toxins hit host organisms wh… [+4264 chars]
On Monday (Aug. 1), a group of eight researchers and their associates headed north to the high Arctic to spend a month at the Haughton-Mars Project (HMP) base on Devon Island, about 15 degrees south … [+4905 chars]
The small robotic arm on board the Wentian lab module of China's space station has performed a series of in-orbit tests, achieving the expected results, China Manned Space Agency said on Tuesday. Th… [+2485 chars]
The numbers dont lie: Humans are ruining this planet. Atmospheric carbon levels and ocean temperatures are going up. Arctic sea ice and biodiversity levels are going downand no, the skyrocketing numb… [+2885 chars]
West Lake, located in the southwest of Hangzhou city and listed as a UNESCO World Heritage site in 2011, is a typically shallow and eutrophic lake that faces an issue of "incense ashes sediment." Fl… [+3000 chars]
One of the most frustrating hobbies I ever took up was archery, but not because its hard to hit a target on the wall (it is, but I got pretty good at that). My problem was that one of the popular way… [+3157 chars]
An asteroid the size of the Empire State Building will be hurtling by Earth at around 6 p.m. on Aug. 3. However, theres no need to channel our inner Bruce Willis in Armageddon, according to the Univ… [+3155 chars]
NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission will share a ride to space with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of … [+2891 chars]
NASA's Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission will share a ride to space with NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's Spectro-Photometer for the History of the Universe, Epoch of … [+2891 chars]
Scientists from The University of Manchester have developed a novel yet simple method for producing vertical stacks of alternating superconductor and insulator layers of tantalum disulphide (TaS2). T… [+3390 chars]
Scientists at the University of Bristol have uncovered the deadly workings of a carnivorous plant.In the steaming jungles of Borneo, plants have evolved innumerable tricks to help them survive and ou… [+2180 chars]
