science
A new way to measure the light-warping properties of hyperbolic metamaterials
Manipulating light in a variety of ways—shrinking its wavelength and allowing it to travel freely in one direction while stopping it cold in another—hyperbolic...
Promising new material has the right properties to capture solar energy,...
Solar energy is clean and abundant. But when the sun isn't shining, you must store the energy in batteries or through a process called...
New DNA synthesis technique promises rapid, high-fidelity DNA printing
Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory have invented a new way to synthesize DNA that promises to be...
Researchers capture best ever evidence of rare black hole
ESA's XMM-Newton observatory has discovered the best-ever candidate for a very rare and elusive type of cosmic phenomenon: a medium-weight black hole in the...
Carbon nanotube optics poised to provide pathway to optical-based quantum cryptography...
Researchers at Los Alamos and partners in France and Germany are exploring the enhanced potential of carbon nanotubes as single-photon emitters for quantum information...
Two new creatures discovered from dawn of animal life
Earth's first complex animals were an eclectic bunch that lived in the shallow oceans between 580-540 million years ago.
The iconic Dickinsonia—large flat animals with...
The secret to measuring the energy of an antineutrino
Scientists study tiny particles called neutrinos to learn about how our universe evolved. These particles, well-known for being tough to detect, could tell the...
Devastating plant virus is revealed in atomic detail
The complex 3-D structure of one of the world's most lethal families of plant viruses has been revealed in unprecedented detail by scientists at...
Scientists find potential disease-fighting ‘warheads’ hidden in bacteria
Bacteria found in soil may harbor a potential game-changer for drug design. A new study by Scripps Research, published today in Nature Communications, suggests...
Explosive volcanoes spawned mysterious Martian rock formation
Explosive volcanic eruptions that shot jets of hot ash, rock and gas skyward are the likely source of a mysterious Martian rock formation, a...
When the river runs high
A massive world-wide study of dry riverbeds has found they're contributing more carbon emissions than previously thought, and this could help scientists better understand...
