Laos jars are slowly revealing their secrets
In the rugged province of Xieng Khoaung in upper northern Laos are scattered more than 2,000 large carved stone jars. They vary in size,...
New tech builds ultralow-loss integrated photonic circuits
Encoding information into light, and transmitting it through optical fibers lies at the core of optical communications. With an incredibly low loss of 0.2...
A rich marine algal ecosystem existed 600 million years earlier than previously thought
The first photosynthetic oxygen-producing organisms on Earth were cyanobacteria. Their evolution dramatically changed the Earth allowing oxygen to accumulate into the atmosphere for the...
Scientists may detect signs of extraterrestrial life in the next 5 to 10 years
Research shows that a new telescope could detect a potential signature of life on other planets in as little as 60 hours.
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New nanoscale device for spin technology
Researchers at Aalto University have developed a new device for spintronics. The results have been published in the journal Nature Communications, and mark a step...
Surprise twist suggests stars grow competitively
A survey of star formation activity in the Orion Nebula Cluster found similar mass distributions for newborn stars and dense gas cores, which may...
Tarantula’s ubiquity traced back to the cretaceous
Tarantulas are among the most notorious spiders, due in part to their size, vibrant colors and prevalence throughout the world. But one thing most...
A new super-Earth detected orbiting a red dwarf star
In recent years there has been an exhaustive study of red dwarf stars to find exoplanets in orbit around them. These stars have effective...
International paleontology team discovers tiny cat-sized stegosaur
A single footprint left by a cat-sized dinosaur around 100 million years ago has been discovered in China by an international team of palaeontologists.
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NASA Picks SpaceX to Land Next Americans on the Moon
NASA picks Starship to land on the moon because NASA is getting ready to send astronauts to explore more of the Moon as part...
3,500-year-old honeypot is the oldest direct evidence for honey collecting in Africa
Honey is humankind's oldest sweetener - and for thousands of years it was also the only one. Indirect clues about the significance of bees...
