Coral reefs are home to a spectacular variety of fish. A new study by biologists at the University of California, Davis shows that much of this diversity is driven by a relatively recent innovation a… [+3279 chars]
ByDavid L. Chandler, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyJuly 26, 2022 MIT scientists have observed that when multiple starfish embryos spin up to the surface, they gravitate to each other and spon… [+4627 chars]
We Earth-dwellers have Earth-centric idea of the Universe and that's probably fine. From sunrise to sunset (and beyond), we eat, drink, work and sleep on one single planet. Human colonies on Moon and… [+1404 chars]
An international team of scientists has released the updated and improved estimations of Potential Evapotranspiration and an Aridity Index for the entire world based upon a fully parameterized geospa… [+2981 chars]
Bright turquoise plumes ripple through the Milky Way's companion galaxy, the Large Magellanic Cloud, like waves in the ocean in a spellbinding new view shared by NASA. The venerable Hubble Space Tel… [+2129 chars]
A team of researchers affiliated with several universities in the U.S., working with the Goddard Space Flight Center, has used a deep-learning algorithm to create maps of ship tracks across the plane… [+2721 chars]
Taken from the July 2022 issue of Physics World. Members of the Institute of Physics can enjoy the full issue via the Physics World app. Helen Edwards was a formidable force in the field of accelera… [+17823 chars]
Researchers at the US Department of Energys (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have found a way to build high-temperature superconducting magnets made of material that conducts electric… [+5448 chars]
The Egyptian Space Agency CEO, Dr Mohamed Al-Qousi, and other agency executives received a diplomatic delegation of ambassadors of Mexico, Mr Jose Octavio; Panama, Mr Alejandro Ivan; and Guatemala, M… [+2448 chars]
Image: NASA NASA's trio of robots known as Astrobee have completed the first phase of a project to test whether an autonomous system can provide spacecraft monitoring, maintenance and incident respo… [+2603 chars]
A major event in the evolution of land plants was the invention of their vascular systems, which help them conduct water, nutrients, and food throughout their bodies. These systems consist of two tis… [+2999 chars]
Trap-jaw ants can slam their jaws together with extraordinary speed, with the tips of their mandibles racing at up to roughly 120 miles per hour. How they could perform such attacks, repeatedly, wi… [+5126 chars]
