Sculpting Solar Systems
These three planetary discs have been observed with the SPHERE instrument, mounted on ESO's Very Large Telescope. The observations were made in order to...
A zeptosecond stopwatch for the microcosm
Once a photon has ejected an electron from a helium atom, it is possible to calculate the probable position of the remaining electron. The...
Evolution purged many Neanderthal genes from human genome
Evolution purged many Neanderthal genes from human genome. Credit: Jaysmark, Flickr, CC BY
Larger populations allowed humans to shed weakly deleterious gene variants that were...
Big data shows people’s collective behavior follows strong periodic patterns
Social network diagram. Credit: Daniel Tenerife/Wikipedia
New research has revealed that by using big data to analyse massive data sets of modern and historical news,...
Dependency can be an evolutionary advantage
Natural selection drives the evolution of metabolic dependency. Initially metabolically autonomous populations of the bacterium Escherichia coli (left panel) diversify into two genetically distinct...
Decoding the genome of the Japanese morning glory
The genome of this 'Japanese morning glory standard line' was sequenced. Credit: NIBB
Researchers in Japan have successfully decoded the entire Japanese morning glory genome....
The global climate 2011-2015: Hottest five-year period on record
Global five-year average temperature anomalies (relative to 1961--1990) for 2011-- 2015.Credit: The analysis uses HadCRUT4 analysis produced by the Met Office Hadley Centre in...
Major advance in solar cells made from cheap, easy-to-use perovskite
This first version of a new layered perovskite solar cell already achieves an efficiency of more than 20 percent, rivaling many commercial solar cells....
Massive ‘lake’ discovered under volcano that could unlock why and how volcanoes erupt
Cerro Uturuncu volcano in the Bolivian Altiplano. Credit: Jon Blundy - University of Bristol
Scientists from the University of Bristol and partner universities in Germany,...
Mosquito-borne illness spreads in and around homes, disproportionately hits women
STUDY OF CHIKUNGUNYA IN BANGLADESHI VILLAGE OFFERS INSIGHT INTO OTHER DISEASES SPREAD BY THE SAME MOSQUITO, INCLUDING ZIKA
Outbreaks of the mosquito-borne disease chikungunya appear...
Life took hold on land 300 million years earlier than thought
Today the Barberton Mountains in northeastern South Africa are covered by rocky grasslands; these hills are made of some of the oldest rocks on...
