Nanofluidics enables the detection of compounds at the smallest concentration. It studies the behavior and manipulation of fluids confined in structures of 1-1000 nm scale. Scientists revealed that t… [+7362 chars]
Italian astrophysicist Margherita Hack smiling at home where she keeps over twenty thousand books. ... [+] Trieste, 21st June 2012. (Photo by Massimo Sestini/Mondadori via Getty Images) Mondadori vi… [+2201 chars]
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has shed more light on how seals hunt in the deep ocean. The researchers say that the often fawned over sea mammals actually us… [+2478 chars]
The human middle earwhich houses three tiny, vibrating bonesis key to transporting sound vibrations into the inner ear, where they become nerve impulses that allow us to hear. Embryonic and fossil e… [+4050 chars]
Here's your friendly reminder that our solar system is but a molecule of water in the universe's ocean. NASA's Transiting Exoplanet Satellite Survey, better known as TESS, has spotted a buzzing ga… [+4923 chars]
Due to high hole mobility, pentacene and its derivatives have been the representative organic semiconductor and have been the subject of much research, both basic and applied. In particular, they are… [+2549 chars]
This past April, NASA and its partners at the German space agency announced the end to the SOFIA mission. The modified Boeing 747SP jumbo jet is being retired after eight years of service, but its sc… [+852 chars]
Jupiter as seen by Nasas Voyager 1 spacecraft in 1979 (Nasa) In ancient mythology, it's Saturn that devours his children. But in reality, it turns out that Jupiter is the one eating baby planets. I… [+3662 chars]
The Hubble Space Telescope captured the spiral galaxy NGC 7496 24 million light-years from Earth. (Image credit: NASA/ESA) Birds of a feather may flock together here on Earth, but our avian friends … [+2269 chars]