The Science Ultrafast pulses from X-ray lasers reveal how atoms move at timescales of a femtosecond. That’s a quadrillionth of a second. However, measuring the properties of the pulses themselves is… [+3061 chars]
Psychologists from Durham University, UK have found in their study that bonobos produce a variety of signals including "baby-like" signals to strategically display distress when they are attacked by … [+4055 chars]
History remembers October 4, 1957, a lot better than it remembers January 4, 1958though in recent weeks, the second date is coming to loom larger than the first. October 4, 1957, was the day the Sovi… [+4563 chars]
Quantum computer used in this work. a, Section of the Quantinuum H1-1 segmented-electrode surface trap, showing five gate zones in purple (750-m-wide ion-crystal extents and laser-beam waists are not… [+3635 chars]
A distant neutron-star merger unleashed one of the most powerful short gamma-ray bursts (GRB) ever seen, according to new observations by ALMA, the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array in Chi… [+5278 chars]
In trying to understand the nature of the cosmos, some theorists propose that the universe expands and contracts in endless cycles. Because this behavior is hypothesized to be perpetual, the univers… [+4608 chars]
Dwarf galaxies are small, faint galaxies that can usually be found in galaxy clusters or near larger galaxies. Because of this, they might be affected by the gravitational effects of their larger com… [+4292 chars]
The ellipsoidal and stalk-eye structures of the crabs enable them to see in three dimensions and in all directions. To protect themselves from attacks on wide-open tidal flats and to interact and c… [+2828 chars]
A French scientist has apologized after tweeting a photo of a slice of chorizo, claiming it was an image of a distant star taken by the James Webb Space Telescope. Étienne Klein, a celebrated physic… [+2186 chars]
In research that could broadly benefit science, medicine and engineering, a new kind of ultrasensitive optical sensing instrument has been developed by a doctoral student at The University of Alabama… [+4810 chars]
This tree corresponds to the best maximum-likelihood tree inferred using an alignment with 7,160 sites and the GTRCAT model in RAxML99. The tree contains 16,821 OTUs generated from PacBio sequencing … [+5952 chars]
Using an inexpensive polymer called melaminethe main component of Formicachemists have created a cheap, easy and energy-efficient way to capture carbon dioxide from smokestacks, a key goal for the Un… [+8871 chars]
