Science

On the Deptford foreshore, a ghoulish figure is sinking into the Thames. Performance artist zack mennell (who writes…

Photo: Deep Space Exploration Lab Chinese scientists have achieved a major breakthrough in mapping the Moon’s chemical composition…

By Erik Meijaard, Kristofer M. Helgen and tim Flannery* of Tous ayamaruensis, a new species of gliding possum…

Scientists have found that city trees act as the dominant carbon sink within urban landscapes, absorbing more carbon…

A strip of cool water stretches west from South America along the equator, helping set the pace for…

Over the past decade, researchers have become good at creating devices that emit single photons on demand, which…

To wood or not to wood, that’s been the question! Ever since oil-based plastics burst onto the manufacturing…

Researchers from Tuskegee University, Alabama, have developed a new photonic crystal (a kind of nanostructured material) light sail.…

Physicists hunting for new superconductors often look for a very specific shape hidden in their data—a dome. In…

Katherine’s mayor has warned locals to be wary of flood waters inundating the town after a crocodile was…

Scientists have found a potential shortcut for identifying stars that host planets. The technique, based on specific signals…

Physicists in the US say they have created a simulation that, for the first time, demonstrates “ideal glass”…

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