Who stole all the stars?
Artist's impression of a flare from a star partly behind a black hole. Credit: James Josephides, Swinburne University of Technology
Astronomers confirm remarkable size of...
New evidence supports biological link between Zika infection, Guillain-Barré syndrome
In a collaborative effort with scientists at six Colombian hospitals, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report what they believe to be the strongest biological evidence...
New kind of supercapacitor made without carbon
To demonstrate the supercapacitor's ability to store power, the researchers modified an off-the-shelf hand-crank flashlight (the red parts at each side) by cutting it...
Facebook launches intra-office ‘Workplace’ network
Social network giant Facebook on Monday launched new global product Workplace, a platform that it hopes will replace intranet, mailbox and other internal communication...
Human-caused climate change has doubled western US forest fire area
Credit: Mike Daniels
A new study says that human-induced climate change has doubled the area affected by forest fires in the U.S. West over the...
First human clinical trial for nicotinamide riboside
Vitamin safely boosts levels of important cell metabolite linked to multiple health benefits
In the first controlled clinical trial of nicotinamide riboside (NR), a newly...
Mars-bound astronauts face chronic dementia risk from galactic cosmic ray exposure
Will astronauts traveling to Mars remember much of it? That's the question concerning University of California, Irvine scientists probing a phenomenon called "space brain."
UCI's...
Jupiter’s spooky sounds: Emissions from Jupiter’s auroras captured
This infrared image gives an unprecedented view of the southern aurora of Jupiter, as captured by NASA's Juno spacecraft on Aug. 27, 2016.Credit: Photo...
Megadrought risks in southwest U.S. soar as atmosphere warms
If climate change goes unabated -- and causes more than a 2-degree Celsius rise in atmospheric temperature -- megadroughts will become very probable.Credit: ©...
Lights, Action, Electrons!
The schematic depicts the time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy instrumentation that allowed the Femtosecond Spectroscopy Unit to visualize electron movements. The 800nm pump pulse (red)...
Nebula with spiral arms
Hubble pictures planetary nebula with spiral arms.Credit:ESA/Hubble & NASA; Acknowledgement: Serge Meunier
The two spiral arms winding towards the bright centre might deceive you into...
