science
Study presents surprising explanation for differences in Southern and Northern Lights
For many years, scientists assumed the aurora seen around the north pole was identical to the aurora seen around the south pole. The poles...
Rocking motion improves sleep and memory, studies in mice and people...
Anyone who has ever put a small child to bed or drifted off in a gently swaying hammock will know that a rocking motion...
Muscle memory discovery ends ‘use it or lose it’ dogma
The old adage "use it or lose it" tells us: if you stop using your muscles, they'll shrink. Until recently, scientists thought this meant...
A landscape unseen in over 40,000 years
Glacial retreat in the Canadian Arctic has uncovered landscapes that haven't been ice-free in more than 40,000 years and the region may be experiencing...
Moon rock recovered by astronauts likely originated on Earth
In findings published overnight in science journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters, a sample collected during the 1971 Apollo 14 lunar mission was found...
Neanderthal hunting spears could kill at a distance
Neanderthals have been imagined as the inferior cousins of modern humans, but a new study by archaeologists at UCL reveals for the first time...
Nanotechnology enables engineers to weld previously un-weldable aluminum alloy
An aluminum alloy developed in the 1940s has long held promise for use in automobile manufacturing, except for one key obstacle. Although it's nearly...
Physicists use supercomputers and AI to create the most accurate model...
One of the most cataclysmic events to occur in the cosmos involves the collision of two black holes. Formed from the deathly collapse of...
How to escape a black hole: Simulations provide new clues about...
Black holes are known for their voracious appetites, binging on matter with such ferocity that not even light can escape once it's swallowed up.
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New method allows direct conversion of carbon fibers and nanotubes into...
Research from North Carolina State University has demonstrated a new technique that converts carbon fibers and nanotubes into diamond fibers at ambient temperature and...
Scientists drill to record depths in West Antarctica
A team of scientists and engineers has for the first time successfully drilled over two kilometres through the ice sheet in West Antarctica using...
