Tongues give clues to snake sex secrets

For the Spotted Brown Snake (or dugite), size doesn't matter when it comes to sex.

On the expansion threshold of a species’ range

What stops a species adapting to an ever-wider range of conditions, continuously expanding its geographic range?…

Scientists demonstrate coherent coupling between a quantum dot and a donor atom in silicon

Quantum computers could tackle problems that current supercomputers can't. Quantum computers rely on quantum bits, or…

New tech uses isomeric beams to study how and where the galaxy makes one of its most common elements

Our galaxy produces and destroys the element aluminum-26 in the process of making magnesium-26. As it…

First 3-D analysis of the stone tools of African hunter-gatherers

Scientists from the CENIEH have published a paper on the use of stones to process baobab…

SmokeBot – a robot serving rescue units

SmokeBot is a robot developed to assist fire services and rescue units in deployments under critical…

Method could help boost large scale production of graphene

The measure by which any conductor is judged is how easily, and speedily, electrons can move…

Summary of Pressure Gain Combustion Research at NASA

Abstract: NASA has undertaken a systematic exploration of many different facets of pressure gain combustion over…

Marine natural parks in Catalonia, affected by climate change

Populations of gorgonian and other benthic organisms in the Natural Park of Cap de Creus and…

Accelerated reactions in condensed bio-matter?

HITS researcher Dr. Kashif Sadiq explores ribonucleoprotein granules, a condensed form of bio-matter found inside cells.…