Scientific discoveries and research
Scientists have discovered that a highly unusual giant planet—sometimes called "forbidden"—could have an atmosphere with fewer heavier elements than i...
Astronomers have long argued that dark matter is the invisible scaffolding that holds galaxies together. Without its immense gravitational pull, the r...
A breakthrough method for chemically recycling acrylic—one of the world's most widely used plastics—has been developed by researchers at the Universit...
Conventional weapons are generally presented as controllable, proportionate and morally acceptable, unlike weapons of mass destruction. It is this ass...
Most laser sources produce Gaussian beams that diverge as they propagate. This natural spreading limits their effectiveness in applications that requi...
Slow roiling convection currents deep within Earth's mantle, which are associated with the movements of tectonic plates, also deform the material of t...
If you don't have anything nice to say, perhaps it's OK to say it anyway—if responding to someone who has treated you or your team rudely, new Cornell...
A new study by Harvard biologists reveals how octopuses feel their way to potential mates with a "taste by touch" sensory system and can even couple a...
A team led by scientists at the National Graphene Institute (NGI) at The University of Manchester has developed the first technique capable of capturi...
A newly discovered fossil site in southwest China has transformed our understanding of how complex animal life emerged on Earth, revealing that many k...
The moment nuclear material is produced, processed or purified, it sets off a hidden countdown, marked by the half-life of its radioactive atoms as th...
Worldwide, billions of people rely on water sources whose hygienic quality is unclear or difficult to monitor. Conventional microbiological analysis m...
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