Newswise — Surveying the cosmos from its isolated position in Antarctica, a collaborative project aims to reveal insights about the universe’s beginnings. In summer at the South Pole, which lasts fr… [+10377 chars]
Since 1910, the quadrennial International Congress of Entomologylast hosted in 2016 in Orlando, Florida (shown here)has provided a forum for advancing the frontiers of entomological research and a st… [+17296 chars]
The world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider, is back in action after a three year break for maintenance and an upgrade with more energy, higher intensity beams and greater pre… [+3334 chars]
A lot of heat gets lost during the conversion of energy. Estimates even put it at more than 70%. However, in thermoelectric materials, such as those being studied at the Institute of Solid State Phys… [+4272 chars]
Whales are huge, but they live in an even larger environment -- the world's oceans. Researchers use a range of tools to study their whereabouts, including satellite tracking, aerial surveys, sighting… [+10088 chars]
A "huge" ozone hole which was not expected to exist has been identified in the Earths atmosphere over almost the entire tropical region. The hole is a year-round gap in the planets ozone layer, and … [+2990 chars]
NASA's Hubble Space Telescope team has released a new edition in the Hubble Focus e-book series, called "Hubble Focus: Strange New Worlds." This e-book highlights the mission's recent discoveries abo… [+5600 chars]
Astronauts on space missions lasting longer than six months suffer decades' worth of bone loss, much of which could be irreversible, a new study has found. The finding may present a serious challenge… [+6362 chars]
Scientists from the Institute for Open and Transdisciplinary Research Initiatives at Osaka University discovered a new feature of solar cells made from antimony sulfiodide:sulfide composite, which th… [+3678 chars]
Scientists use a variety of tools to study the location and behavior of whales, including satellite tracking, aerial surveys, sightings, and deploying individual hydrophones to listen to their calls.… [+3017 chars]
Scientists at the Large Hadron Collider have announced the discovery of three new 'exotic particles' that could help to explain how our universe was formed. The new structures exist for just a hundr… [+9039 chars]
Seen are six views of the Nili Fossae region of Mars captured by the Compact Reconnaissance Imaging ... [+] Spectrometer for Mars, or CRISM, one of the instruments aboard NASAs Mars Reconnaissance Or… [+3156 chars]
