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NASA’s K2 finds newborn exoplanet around young star
K2-33b, shown in this illustration, is one of the youngest exoplanets detected to date. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech
Astronomers have discovered the youngest fully formed exoplanet ever...
Strong ‘electric wind’ strips planets of oceans and atmospheres
Venus' electric wind. Credit: NASA/Conceptual Image Lab.
Venus has an 'electric wind' strong enough to remove the components of water from its upper atmosphere, which...
Cannabis use during pregnancy may affect brain development in offspring: Thicker prefrontal cortex
Marijuana. An estimated 2-13% of women worldwide use cannabis during pregnancy. Previous studies have identified short and long-term behavioral consequences of prenatal cannabis exposure,...
Dull and dirty: Your workplace could affect brain function
A new study by a Florida State University researcher shows that both a lack of stimulation in the workplace and a dirty working environment...
China tops global supercomputer speed list for 7th year
Credit: Jack Dongarra, Report on the Sunway TaihuLight System, June 2016
A Chinese supercomputer has topped a list of the world's fastest computers for the...
Mammals almost wiped out with the dinosaurs
Dr. Nick Longrich from the Milner Centre for Evolution co-authored the study. Credit: Anthony Prothero, University of Bath
Over 90 per cent of mammal species...
New surface makes oil contamination remove itself
Oil drop moves away from the landing point to the direction set by asymmetric geometrical patterning of the surface.Credit: Ville Jokinen / Aalto University
Researchers...
World’s most efficient nanowire lasers
Perovskite-based nanowire lasers are the most efficient known. A topological image of a nanowire is shown (left insert). Room temperature emission images above the...
Scientists discover mechanism of thalidomide
In a tumor cell, thalidomide makes a particular protein complex (highlighted in yellow) disappear. The same mechanism causes serious malformations in unborn children.Credit: Bassermann/TUM
In...
Unexpected Excess of Giant Planets in Star Cluster Messier 67
This artist's impression shows a hot Jupiter planet orbiting close to one of the stars in the rich old star cluster Messier 67, in...
Researchers open hairy new chapter in 3-D printing
"It's very inspiring to see how these structures occur in nature and how they can achieve different functions," says Jifei Ou, a graduate...
