Physicists have used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy (a process used to determine the molecular structure of…
The main difficulty standing in the way of building quantum computers could soon be the thing that makes it possible to build…
The disappearance of animals such as the rhinoceros and the elephant is reducing the biodiversity of rainforests.
These…
A type of bacteria that “eats” iron, leaving behind a surface of magnets, could be used to produce environmentally friendly…
A breakthrough in the understanding of how bees process complex visual tasks may lead to the development of artificial vision…
Genetic data from an Antarctic octopus suggests the West Antarctic Ice Sheet may have collapsed as recently as 200,000 years…
New goggles that use cells similar to solar-panels may restore the vision of people afflicted with certain degenerative eye…
New technology has allowed researchers to track the movements of sand dunes on Mars.
Data captured from NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance…
NASA is aiming the Hubble Telescope at a crater on the moon to observe the transition of Venus.
The telescope is unable…
The treetops of prehistoric Australia were populated by herds of Nimbadon, sheep-sized marsupials distantly related to the…
A new type of bioactive paper can detect coliforms such as E. coli in water in minutes.
The small paper stripe uses chemicals…
The nervous system of the common roundworm is being used to study nerve-based conditions and nerve degeneration with the…
A population of old black holes, 15 million light years from Earth, has been discovered by astronomers using NASA’s Chandra…
The mass of the universe’s lightest particles, neutrinos, can be more accurately measured thanks to a new mapping study…
Larger animals with longer legs aren’t always the fastest when sprinting, but then neither are smaller animals.
Researchers…
The last eruption from Yellowstone National Park, over two million years ago, appears to have been two smaller eruptions…
A group of 675 stars has been discovered on the outskirts of our Milky Way galaxy, having been shot out by the black hole…
Earth-like planets that may be habitable to life are more abundant than stars.
By comparing habituated zones on earth with…
A tiny new ion-crystal looks set to revolutionise computing.
The quantum computer uses a crystal of just 300 atoms suspended…
Earth went through a heavy asteroid bombardment as changes in the solar system flung asteroids from the belt between Mars…
An episode of extreme volcanic activity may have generated large iron formations long after a rise in atmospheric oxygen…
Small aberrations are produced by the cells of the primary visual cortex, distorting optical information even before the…
Ancient land-crawling animals may have used the complex bone structures in their skin to process carbon dioxide, deterring…
A single layer of atoms can be used to enhance or restrict heat flow between materials.
The finding comes as researchers…
Defects in rocks below the earth’s surface have a substantial effect on the transmission of seismic waves, including those…