Einstein proved right in another galaxy
An international team of astronomers have made the most precise test of gravity outside our own solar system.
By combining data taken with NASA's Hubble...
New study finds US oil and gas methane emissions 60 percent higher than estimated
The U.S. oil and gas industry emits 13 million metric tons of the potent greenhouse gas methane from its operations each year, 60 percent...
Swedes have been brewing beer since the Iron Age, new evidence confirms
Archaeologists at Lund University in Sweden have found carbonised germinated grains showing that malt was produced for beer brewing as early as the Iron...
‘Stealth sheet’ hides hot objects from prying infrared eyes
Infrared cameras are the heat-sensing eyes that help drones find their targets, even in the dead of night or through heavy fog.
Hiding from such...
Laser bursts generate electricity faster than any other method
Take a glass thread a thousand times thinner than a human hair. Use it as a wire between two metals. Hit it with a...
‘Walking molecules” haul away damaged DNA to the cell’s emergency room
The cell has its own paramedic team and emergency room to aid and repair damaged DNA, a new USC Dornsife study reveals.
The findings are...
Scientists find evidence of 27 new viruses in bees
An international team of researchers has discovered evidence of 27 previously unknown viruses in bees. The finding could help scientists design strategies to prevent...
New AI method increases the power of artificial neural networks
An international team of scientists from Eindhoven University of Technology, University of Texas at Austin, and University of Derby, has developed a revolutionary method...
How physics explains the evolution of social organization
A scientist at Duke University says the natural evolution of social organizations into larger and more complex communities that exhibit distinct hierarchies can be...
T. Rex couldn’t stick out its tongue, new research shows
Dinosaurs are often depicted as fierce creatures, baring their teeth, with tongues wildly stretching from their mouths like giant, deranged lizards. But new research...
Researchers find last of universe’s missing ordinary matter
Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have helped to find the last reservoir of ordinary matter hiding in the universe.
Ordinary matter, or "baryons,"...
