Acting like a muscle, nano-sized device lifts 165 times its own weight
This shows very thin sheets of molybdenum disulfide (see a), a schematic and photos of working actuators.
Credit: Muharrem Acerce/Rutgers University-New Brunswick
Imagine repeatedly...
Toward a smart graphene membrane to desalinate water
A scalable graphene-based membrane for producing clean water.
Credit: Aaron Morelos-Gomez
An international team of researchers, including scientists from Shinshu University (Japan) and the...
Equatorial jet in Venusian atmosphere
An illustration of Akatsuki successfully tracking lower-altitude clouds during the night with its near-infrared camera IR2.
Credit: Copyrighted image; PLANET-C Project Team
Observations by...
More ‘losers’ than ‘winners’ predicted for Southern Ocean seafloor animals
Sea spider found in the seas around Antarctica.
Credit: Cath Waller
A new study of the marine invertebrates living in the seas around Antarctica...
Physicists propose new theories of black holes from the very early universe
A black hole captured by a neutron star.
Credit: Alexander Kusenko/UCLA
UCLA physicists have proposed new theories for how the universe's first black holes...
Face value: Brain’s ability to recognize faces is shaped through repeated exposure, study suggests
How does our brain learn to recognize faces?
Credit: © olly / Fotolia
Scientists have long deemed the ability to recognize faces innate for...
Shaking up the fish family tree: ‘Living fossil’ not as old as we thought
The skull of a 250 million year old fossil fish and a virtual model of its internal skeleton, along with a life...
Mouth clicks used in human echolocation captured in unprecedented detail
Illustration of acoustic pattern of mouth clicks for human echolocation.
Credit: Thaler et al.; CC-BY
Like some bats and marine mammals, people can develop...
First hints of possible water content on TRAPPIST-1 planets
This artist's impression shows the view from the surface of one of the planets in the TRAPPIST-1 system. At least seven planets...
Human bones in south Mexico: Stalagmite reveals their age as 13,000 years old
Prehistoric human skeleton in the Chan Hol Cave near Tulúm on the Yucatán peninsula prior to looting by unknown cave divers.
Credit: Tom...
Fossil footprints challenge established theories of human evolution
The footprints were discovered by Gerard Gierlinski (1st author of the study) by chance when he was on holiday on Crete in...
