Scientists prove that binary stars reflect light from one another
UNSW astronomers have shown that binary stars – two stars locked in orbit around each other – reflect light as well as radiating it,...
First bacterial genome created entirely with a computer
All the genome sequences of organisms known throughout the world are stored in a database belonging to the National Center for Biotechnology Information in...
Researchers pinpoint origin of photons in mysterious gamma-ray bursts
Scientists from the RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Research and collaborators have used simulations to show that the photons emitted by long gamma-ray bursts, among...
Building blocks of DNA and RNA could have appeared together before life began on...
Scientists for the first time have found strong evidence that RNA and DNA could have arisen from the same set of precursor molecules even...
Rise of religion pre-dates Incas at Lake Titicaca
An ancient group of people made ritual offerings to supernatural deities near the Island of the Sun in Lake Titicaca, Bolivia, about 500 years...
Fish slime: An untapped source of potential new antibiotics
As current antibiotics dwindle in effectiveness against multidrug-resistant pathogens, researchers are seeking potential replacements in some unlikely places. Now a team has identified bacteria...
Saturn’s rings coat tiny moons
New findings have emerged about five tiny moons nestled in and near Saturn's rings. The closest-ever flybys by NASA's Cassini spacecraft reveal that the...
Five new frog species from Madagascar
Scientists at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitaet (LMU) in Munich and the Bavarian State Collection of Zoology have named five new species of frogs found across the island...
Researchers discover the source of new neurons in brain’s hippocampus
It was once believed that mammals were born with the entire supply of neurons they would have for a lifetime. However, over the past...
Scientists find likely source of methane on Mars
The mystery of methane on Mars may finally be solved as scientists Monday confirmed the presence of the life-indicating gas on the Red Planet...
Skyrmions could provide next generation data storage
Scientists at the Universities of Birmingham, Bristol and Colorado, Boulder have moved a step closer to developing the next generation of data storage and...
