An international group of researchers led by geologists from Wits University in Johannesburg have come up with multiple lines of evidence indicating that the Bushveld Complex in South Africa function… [+3084 chars]
Seamus Anderson with the meteorite at the location it was found using the drone seen in the background. Credit: Curtin University Curtin researchers have recovered a freshly fallen meteorite after p… [+3397 chars]
As a molecular machine found in the cells of all organisms, the ribosome is responsible for making new proteins. It reads the blueprint for a certain protein on a messenger moleculeknown as messenger… [+3532 chars]
TRACING THE near accurate structures of the Coronal Mass Ejections (CME) emerging from the Sun has become easier, thanks to an algorithm which deletes the background solar corona — the outermost sola… [+1863 chars]
Curtin researchers have recovered a freshly fallen meteorite after pinpointing its exact location on the vast Nullarbor Plain in Western Australia, with a new technique that uses a drone to collect f… [+2802 chars]
An Earthbound experiment is replicating the extreme heat found in galaxy clusters located in deep space using nearly 200 lasers. The hope is the experiment series will reveal more about the conditio… [+3592 chars]
image: Astrophysicist Lisa Kewley has been named director of the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian.view more Credit: Cristy Roberts/ASTRO 3D Cambridge, Mass. – Lisa J. Kewley has… [+5044 chars]
Smart smoke detectors are one of many smart technologies entering the market for homeowners. These modern smoke detectors have more safety features than traditional smoke detectors, and many of them … [+4289 chars]
From sunflowers to starfish, symmetry appears everywhere in biology. This isn't just true for body plans -- the molecular machines keeping our cells alive are also strikingly symmetric. But why? Does… [+2498 chars]
Scientists first thought that having a thinner nearside crust allowed magma in the Moons mantle to ascend and volcanically erupt on the surface more easily than the farside, explaining the nearsides … [+2722 chars]
A NASA spacecraft is on its way to slam into a space rock, but what happens next is still unclear. The Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART ) mission launched in November and will arrive at its d… [+4387 chars]
Asteroids are dangerous big rocks that float through space and could take out civilisations, if the size is big enough. On a regular basis, Earth keeps getting visited by massive rocks that pass too … [+2102 chars]
