Cell-like nanorobots clear bacteria and toxins from blood
Engineers at the University of California San Diego have developed tiny ultrasound-powered robots that can swim through blood, removing harmful bacteria along with the...
Researchers have identified 121 giant planets that may have habitable moons
We've all heard about the search for life on other planets, but what about looking on other moons?
In a paper forthcoming in The Astrophysical...
Gravitational wave event likely signaled creation of a black hole
The spectacular merger of two neutron stars that generated gravitational waves announced last fall likely did something else: birthed a black hole. This newly...
Nuclear scientists calculate value of key property that drives neutron decay
Using some of the world's most powerful supercomputers, an international team including scientists from several U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratories has released...
Putting excess carbon dioxide to good use
The chunk of metal sitting on a table in Joel Rosenthal's office at the University of Delaware looks like it should belong in a...
Environmental noise paradoxically preserves the coherence of a quantum system
Quantum computers promise to advance certain areas of complex computing. One of the roadblocks to their development, however, is the fact that quantum phenomena,...
Does some dark matter carry an electric charge?
Astronomers have proposed a new model for the invisible material that makes up most of the matter in the Universe. They have studied whether...
Details that look sharp to people may be blurry to their pets
Compared with many animals, human eyes aren't particularly adept at distinguishing colors or seeing in dim light. But by one measure at least—something called...
The mother of all lizards found in Italian Alps
Scientists said Wednesday they had tracked down the oldest known lizard, a tiny creature that lived about 240 million years ago when Earth had...
First 3D-printed human corneas
The first human corneas have been 3D printed by scientists at Newcastle University, UK.
It means the technique could be used in the future to...
XENON1T experimental data establishes most stringent limit on dark matter
Experimental results from the XENON1T dark matter detector limit the effective size of dark matter particles to 4.1X10-47 square centimeters—one-trillionth of one-trillionth of a...
