Chinese and Australian astronomers have jointly discovered a binary system that has just experienced a common envelope ejection, the first time in history to have found direct observational evidence … [+2846 chars]
Newswise — Geckos are famous for having grippy feet that allow them to scale vertical surfaces with ease. They get this seeming superpower from millions of microscopic, hairlike structures on their t… [+3764 chars]
Dinosaurs took over the planet thanks to their surprising ability to endure freezing-cold temperatures, ancient footprints have revealed. The dinosaur tracks, stamped into the sandstone and silts… [+4532 chars]
Though they are discrete particles, water molecules flow collectively as liquids, producing streams, waves, whirlpools, and other classic fluid phenomena.Not so with electricity. While an electric cu… [+5910 chars]
A team led by Philipp Werner, professor of physics at the University of Fribourg and leader of NCCR MARVEL's Phase 3 project Continued Support, Advanced Simulation Methods, has applied their advanced… [+5466 chars]
A team of physicists at the University of Edinburgh's School of Physics and Astronomy has used mathematical calculations to show that quantum communications across interstellar space should be possib… [+2673 chars]
<li>Massad-Ivanir, N. et al. Porous silicon-based biosensors: Towards real-time optical detection of target bacteria in the food industry. Sci. Rep.6, 112. https://doi.org/10.1038/srep38099 (2016). … [+18645 chars]
If you're worried about NASA's plan to bring Mars rocks back to Earth to study them, you probably don't need to be. In interviews with The Philadelphia Inquirer, scientists maintained that there's v… [+2563 chars]
LISTEN HERE This podcast is part of a series of pieces that Physics Magazine is publishing to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Higgs boson discovery. See also: News Feature: The Era of Higgs Ph… [+1750 chars]
A research team of Chinese and American paleontologists suggest that the giant pandas' dedicated bamboo diet originated at least six million years ago. This finding was based on an analysis of a foss… [+470 chars]
A cornerstone of any science lab, microscopes are now more affordable than ever, and offer plenty of additional features, too. Some offer LCD displays, while others, like this microscope kit from Beb… [+2060 chars]
A small asteroid the size of a bus will make an extremely close approach to Earth on Thursday (July 7), passing within just 56,000 miles (90,000 kilometers) — or about 23% of the average distance bet… [+2273 chars]
