Astronomers find evidence for stars forming just 250 million years after Big Bang
Not long after the Big Bang, the first generations of stars began altering the chemical make-up of primitive galaxies, slowly enriching the interstellar medium...
New device could increase battery life of electronic devices by more than a hundred-fold
Among the chief complaints for smartphone, laptop and other battery-operated electronics users is that the battery life is too short and—in some cases—that the...
Astronomers find vast ionized hydrogen cloud in ‘Whirlpool Galaxy’ using ultra-sensitive Arizona telescope
Astronomers have been keenly peering into M51, or the Whirlpool Galaxy, since the 1800s, its signature spiral structure informing the earliest debates over the...
Satellite study finds major shifts in global freshwater
A new global, satellite-based study of Earth's freshwater distribution found that Earth's wet areas are getting wetter, while dry areas are getting drier. The...
Researchers control the properties of graphene transistors using pressure
A Columbia University-led international team of researchers has developed a technique to manipulate the electrical conductivity of graphene with compression, bringing the material one...
Emissions of banned ozone-eating chemical somehow are rising
Something strange is happening with a now-banned chemical that eats away at Earth's protective ozone layer: Scientists say there's more of it—not less—going into...
How does a one-tonne dino hatch its eggs? Carefully
Most dinosaurs buried their eggs and hoped for the best, but some species—including a few hefty ones—built nests and pampered unhatched offspring much as...
Scientists predict number of undiscovered mammal species
There are probably 303 species of mammals left to be discovered by science, most of which are likely to live in tropical regions, according...
Entangled atoms shine in unison
A team led by Austrian experimental physicist Rainer Blatt has succeeded in characterizing the quantum entanglement of two spatially separated atoms by observing their...
Researcher warns China’s program ‘riskiest environmental project in history’
A global expert on infrastructure says that China's plan to crisscross half of the Earth with massive transportation and energy projects is environmentally the...
Scientists crack how primordial life on Earth might have replicated itself
Scientists have created a new type of genetic replication system which demonstrates how the first life on Earth -- in the form of RNA...
