3D printed fish fossil may reveal origin of human teeth
ANU PhD student Yuzhi Hu with a 3D print of the 400 million year old fish fossil that is six times the size of...
World’s deepest underwater cave found in the Czech Republic
In the flooded Hranicka Abyss in Czech Republic, Polish explorer Krzysztof Starnawski examines the limestone crevasse and prepares for a 2016 expedition to measure...
Details of mysterious Utah Zika-related death: Transmission by tears or sweat
The first Zika virus-related death in the continental U.S. occurred in June of this year, but even now, months later, two aspects of this...
First evidence of deep-sea animals ingesting microplastics
Microplastic fibre inside sea pen polyp.Credit: Michelle Taylor
Scientists working in the mid-Atlantic and south-west Indian Ocean have found evidence of microfibers ingested by deep...
Final descent image from Rosetta spacecraft
The OSIRIS narrow-angle camera aboard the Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft captured this image of comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko on September 30, 2016, from an altitude of...
Moderate activity helps older adults maintain mobility and independence
By adopting a walking routine and other moderate physical activities, older adults can recover from a major disability more quickly, and maintain their independence...
How to be a male without the Y chromosome
Chromosomal location of the sex-related gene AMH (arrowheads) in male T. osimensis. Chromosomes are double-stained with different fluorescent substances (red and blue) for the...
Scientists find lethal vulnerability in treatment-resistant lung cancer
Researchers working in four labs at UT Southwestern Medical Center have found a chink in a so-called "undruggable" lung cancer's armor – and located...
Caffeine-based compounds show promise against Parkinson’s disease
A team of researchers from the University of Saskatchewan has developed two caffeine-based chemical compounds that show promise in preventing the ravages of Parkinson's...
Rubidium pushes perovskite solar cells to 21.6% efficiency
A cross-section of a perovskite solar cell seen through a scanning electron microscope. Credit: M.Grätzel/EPFL
EPFL scientists have stabilized perovskite solar cells by integrating rubidium...
NASA’s Fermi Finds Record-breaking Binary in Galaxy Next Door
Observations from Fermi's Large Area Telescope (magenta line) show that gamma rays from LMC P3 rise and fall over the course of 10.3 days....