Particles can move as waves along different paths at the same timethis is one of the most important findings of quantum physics. A particularly impressive example is the neutron interferometer: neutr… [+5929 chars]
In the early 1990s, planetary history was made. In 1992, two astronomers, Alexander Wolszczan and Dale Frail, published a paper in Nature announcing the discovery of the very first planets outside th… [+4968 chars]
A desert and a world that seems like our own form the backdrop of The Book of Sand, the sci-fi debut of bestselling author Mo Hayder (Birdman, The Treatment). Sadly, Hayder passed away last year, but… [+23461 chars]
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A woodpecker is uniquely built to be able to pound its head against trees without hurting its brain in the process, according to an international collaboration of biomechanists from Brown University … [+1397 chars]
The basic physical process of irradiating a material with photons of a known energy and measuring the ejected photoelectrons has remained unchanged over six decades since it was first commercialized.… [+4463 chars]
The Large Hadron Collider (LHC), the biggest and most complex machine ever built by mankind, began operations again in April this year after nearly three years of maintenance and upgrades. After the … [+6461 chars]
To cut weight from x-ray space telescopes, Tokyo Metropolitan University is micro-machining x-ray lenses from silicon. The lenses exploit the nature of x-rays, which can reflect if they approach a f… [+1618 chars]
In technology news, a team at MIT developed an artificial intelligence model that they used to find potential drug molecules a thousand times faster than conventional methods. Also, a team at Yonsei … [+1796 chars]
Aging and age-related disorders pose a complex challenge to the biomedical research community. To better understand how senescence is regulated is of high significance to promote healthy aging and tr… [+4840 chars]
Certain types of strongly star-forming galaxies have long been thought to lie outside the usual trends in metal abundances followed by other galaxies. A study now reveals the significant effect of du… [+1322 chars]
A massive field of hydrothermal vents on the seafloor in the dark depths of the East Pacific ocean is the hottest and largest discovered in the region yet. Not only that, but it's in a place scienti… [+4514 chars]
