Metal artifacts in Southeast Asia challenge long-held archaeological theory
According to the Penn Museum’s Joyce White and Elizabeth Hamilton, prehistoric communities, rather than the ruling elites, in Thailand were the deciders in how...
Bird brains left other dinosaurs behind
Research on a newly discovered bird fossil led by The University of Texas at Austin found that a unique brain shape may be why...
Clays, not water, are likely source of Mars ‘lakes’
Bright reflections that radar detected beneath the south pole of Mars may not be underground lakes as previously thought but deposits of clay instead, a new...
New exotic matter particle, a tetraquark, discovered
Discovery of a new exotic hadron containing two charm quarks and an up and a down antiquark.
Today, the LHCb experiment at CERN is presenting...
First detection of light from behind a black hole
Fulfilling a prediction of Einstein’s theory of general relativity, researchers report the first-ever recordings of X-ray emissions from the far side of a black...
Exploring blood types of Neanderthal and Denisovan individuals
Blood group analyses for three Neanderthals and one Denisovan by a team from the Anthropologie Bio-Culturelle, Droit, Éthique et Santé research unit (CNRS /...
Exploring quantum systems that don’t find equilibrium
Some physical systems, especially in the quantum world, do not reach a stable equilibrium even after a long time. An ETH researcher has now...
Global project observes rare meteor showers and meteorite falls
As billionaires battle it out in a space race that only a handful of the world's richest persons can play, a highly inclusive international...
Fermi spots a supernova’s ‘fizzled’ gamma-ray burst
On Aug. 26, 2020, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope detected a pulse of high-energy radiation that had been racing toward Earth for nearly half...
Earth’s interior is swallowing up more carbon than thought
Scientists from Cambridge University and NTU Singapore have found that slow-motion collisions of tectonic plates drag more carbon into Earth's interior than previously thought.
They...
Buzz about thermoelectrics heats up with promising new magnesium-based materials
The landing of NASA's Perseverance rover was another leap forward not only for space exploration but also for the technology that's powering the craft...
