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For the first time, a team including scientists from the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have used neutron beams to create holograms...

Image Credit: Flickr/zoriah A new study suggests that the 'neighborhood effect' of slums could help to alleviate some of their associated health problems. A team of...

Strange electron orbits form on the surface of a crystal in this image created using a theoretical data model. These orbits correspond to the...

Image Credit: Flickr/Liz About 150 million years ago, snakes roamed about on well-developed legs. Now, two University of Florida researchers have discovered how snakes’ legs...

Image Credit: Flickr/paolobarzman Low socio-economic status and fear of abandonment early in life can lead to poor health in adulthood, regardless of adult socio-economic status,...

More than a decade ago, Ralph Hollis invented the ballbot, an elegantly simple robot whose tall, thin body glides atop a sphere slightly smaller...

Illustration shows how a robot could assemble the trusses that would support a massive telescope mirror.Credit: Sergio Pellegrino/Caltech Seeing deep into space requires large telescopes....

Figure 1 - The figure displays an elevation model of Idunn Mons (46 S; 146 W), a volcano with a diameter of 200 km...

Satellite imagery of Africa. Credit: WikiMedia The prevailing notion that the African continent has been getting progressively drier over time is being challenged by a...

New guidelines announced by the American Academy of Pediatrics today say parents not only need to pay attention to the amount of time children...

Despite the potential for powering the world with energy from the sun—the most abundant source of renewable energy - only about 1 percent of...