science
Scientists decipher the magma bodies under Yellowstone
Using supercomputer modeling, University of Oregon scientists have unveiled a new explanation for the geology underlying recent seismic imaging of magma bodies below Yellowstone...
First an alga, then a squid, enigmatic fossil is actually a...
A fossil slab discovered in Kansas 70 years ago and twice misidentified -- first as a green alga and then as a cephalopod --...
Engineering a plastic-eating enzyme
Scientists have engineered an enzyme which can digest some of our most commonly polluting plastics, providing a potential solution to one of the world's...
Quantum shift shows itself in coupled light and matter
A team led by Rice University scientists used a unique combination of techniques to observe, for the first time, a condensed matter phenomenon about...
We think we’re the first advanced earthlings—but how do we really...
Imagine if, many millions of years ago, dinosaurs drove cars through cities of mile-high buildings. A preposterous idea, right? Over the course of tens...
For the first time, researchers place an electron in a dual...
Atoms are composed of electrons moving around a central nucleus to which they are bound. The electrons can also be torn away via the...
Thin film converts heat from electronics into energy
Nearly 70 percent of the energy produced in the United States each year is wasted as heat. Much of that heat is less than...
Some superconductors can also carry currents of ‘spin’
Researchers have shown that certain superconductors—materials that carry electrical current with zero resistance at very low temperatures—can also carry currents of 'spin'. The successful...
Scientists discover a pathway that monitors a protein import into mitochondria
If there's one fact that most people retain from elementary biology, it's that mitochondria are the powerhouses of the cell. As such, they break...
Study produces clearest images to date of HSV-1, the virus that...
UCLA researchers have produced the clearest 3-D images to date of the virus that causes cold sores, herpes simplex virus type 1, or HSV-1....
Consuming more than five drinks a week could shorten your life
Regularly drinking more than the recommended UK guidelines for alcohol could take years off your life, according to new research from the University of...
