Think evolution is a slow, gradual process? Tell that to fruit flies. In a new report in Science, researchers from the University of Pennsylvania used a controlled field experiment to show that flies… [+6498 chars]
Eugene Parker, a pioneering American astrophysicist whose mathematical prediction that charged particles streamed from stars in a solar wind was met with disbelief before he was ultimately vindicated… [+3165 chars]
Eugene Parker, the visionary astrophysicist and former professor at the University of Chicago where he revolutionized our understanding of the sun has passed away at the age of 94, NASA said in a pre… [+2064 chars]
Researchers from Umeå University and Uppsala University have developed a new method to control the light emission of light-emitting electrochemical cells, in short LEC. The study is published in Adva… [+3875 chars]
A team at HZB has developed a method of experimentally unraveling tautomeric mixtures. Based on resonant inelastic X-ray scattering (RIXS) at BESSY II, not only proportions of the tautomers can be de… [+3265 chars]
It has been an astonishing week! It has been filled with asteroid sightings and asteroids hurtling very close to Earth. So far, we already have seen 6 asteroids approaching Earth and shockingly, one … [+2235 chars]
In a strongly worded statement, the ESA said it "deeply deplored the human casualties and tragic consequences of this aggression towards Ukraine". "While recognising the impact on scientific explora… [+1888 chars]
An asteroid around the size of a refrigerator was spotted hours before it hit Earth's atmosphere, and while it wasn't dangerous, it marked the fifth time in history an asteroid was detected right bef… [+3423 chars]
Many TV shows and movies will tell you that the human species can be easily felled by their sex drive. Sometimes, pheromones just make you do stupid things. But it turns out, humans are not unique in… [+3290 chars]
In a pair of world firsts, UBC scientists have 3D printed human testicular cells and identified promising early signs of sperm-producing capabilities. The researchers, led by UBC urology assistant … [+3920 chars]
Modern nanotechnology products and methods require advanced nanomanipulation techniques to manufacture and work with nanoscale objects accurately, efficiently, and automatically. A recent study propo… [+6721 chars]
A massive release of greenhouse gases, likely triggered by volcanic activity, caused a period of abrupt global warming known as the Paleocene–Eocene Thermal Maximum (PETM) 56 million years ago. A new… [+4411 chars]
