Astronomers armed with early data obtained by the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) are hunting galaxies that existed just a few hundred million years after the Big Bang. Rohan Naidu, an astrophysici… [+4606 chars]
Inspired by iconic Dutch windmills and biological motor proteins, scientists from the Delft University of Technology have developed the world’s smallest, self-configuring flow-driven motors from DNA.… [+4103 chars]
There are several possible accelerators that could follow the Large Hadron Collider.Credit: Denis Balibouse/Reuters/Alamy Momentum is growing to build a particle collider in the United States that s… [+7085 chars]
Humans, animals, plants and all other lifeforms are built from chiral molecules, bound together to form asymmetric organelles, cells, and organs. However, the cause of this broken symmetry and, by ex… [+977 chars]
Perovskite LEDs are an emerging technology for next-generation display, lighting and communications. While perovskite LEDs can be produced simply and at low cost, they show clear technological advant… [+5887 chars]
One of the images captured by the Webb Telescope: the Carina Nebula. Photo: NASA Days ago, many newspapers, including ours, talked about the space photos taken by James Webb Space Telescope. They ar… [+5288 chars]
CGP Grey explains, in his rather frenetic manner, the purpose and the design of those seemingly random airport runway digits that are usually only seen out of a plane window. While waiting on a pla… [+3115 chars]
Tiny, monkeylike creatures called tarsiers sing duets together in the style of opera singers — but those who fail to hit the high notes may also flop at attracting mates, scientists recently suggeste… [+4865 chars]
(CNN) – If you feel like there’s less time in the day, you’re correct. Scientists recorded the shortest day on Earth since the invention of the atomic clock. Our planet’s rotation measured in at 1.… [+4019 chars]
The faith of astronomy lovers in the James Webb Space Telescope is now being exploited through pranks, an example of which surfaced recently. The prankster was a scientist named Étienne Klein, who is… [+2467 chars]
Spontaneous mutations that reconfigure DNAs 3D shape may contribute to autism, according to a new study. The mutations occur in genetic stretches that dont code for proteins but affect the expression… [+5639 chars]
NASA awarded a contract to SpaceX in February 2021 for the Falcon 9 launch for SPHEREx alone, valued at $98.8m. NASAs Polarimeter to Unify the Corona and Heliosphere (PUNCH) mission will share a ri… [+2660 chars]