Cambridge scientists capture electrons leaping across solar materials in 18 femtoseconds
A tiny burst of motion inside a molecule may be enough to shove an electron across a solar…
Engineers make magnets behave like graphene
Two dimensional materials have drawn intense interest because their electronic and magnetic properties could power future technologies. Scientists…
A perfectly balanced atom just broke one of nuclear physics’ biggest rules
For many years, nuclear physicists believed that “Islands of Inversion” were found mainly in isotopes packed with extra…
Space rock found in 2017 turns out to be incredibly rare
A small iron meteorite found in Finland has become the most phosphorus-rich iron meteorite ever identified. Its extreme…
Are cannibal killer whales to blame for dorsal fins found on beach?
Two severed dorsal fins that washed up on a remote North Pacific shore have led scientists to ask…
Astronomers Produce the Largest Image Ever Taken of the Heart of the Milky Way
The central region of our Milky Way, sometimes referred to as the “Bulge,” remains something of an enigma…
Scientists Can Now Predict Where the World’s Deadliest Scorpions Are Most Likely to Strike
The post Scientists Can Now Predict Where the World’s Deadliest Scorpions Are Most Likely to Strike appeared first…
How to witness Venus and Saturn conjunction?
Footage released by NASA on Wednesday reveals aurora ribbons shimmering above Earth, while a thin orange line of…
Socially tolerant monkeys have larger emotion centers in the brain
Scientists have discovered that macaque species with more tolerant social systems possess a larger emotion-processing center in the…
College Student Solves Mystery of ‘Snowmen’ Floating in Space
NEED TO KNOW Graduate student Jackson Barnes appears to have solved how snowman-like objects in space are formed…
SpaceX springs forward with another Starlink launch from California
Hours after setting clocks forward for Daylight Savings Time, SpaceX went forward with a launch of Starlink satellites…
Budget cuts at Environment and Climate Change Canada threaten Arctic science
The Arctic has been in the news a lot lately. Between the increased geopolitical interest in Greenland, claims…