Engineers take laser pulses into new dimensions

When you bang on a simple drumhead, it will most certainly make a noise, but you…

Doing homework is associated with change in students’ personality

Homework may have a positive influence on students' conscientiousness. Results of a study conducted by University…

Image: ISS transits the sun

Taking an image of the International Space Station as it passes in front of the Sun,…

Telemedicine via satellite improves care at astronaut landings

Tempus Pro, a portable vital-signs monitor offering telemedicine via satellite, is helping medics at ESA astronaut…

Shrinking the proton: Researchers confirm the small value of the proton radius determined from muonic hydrogen

It was one of the breakthroughs of the year 2010: Laser spectroscopy of muonic hydrogen resulted…

Scientists propose method to increase the efficiency of solar batteries

Researchers from Department of Material Sciences, Lomonosov MSU, have determined how changing the ratio of components…

Chemists identify structure of the agent causing mutations in lionfish embryos

Researchers from the People's Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University) have refined our understanding of the…

Lab technology brings Nobel-winning cryo-EM into sharper focus

Pioneering work by scientists at the Department of Energy's Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) played…

Very bright fireball streaks over western France

A very bright fireball streaked across the night sky over western France at 03:36 UTC (05:36…

Norwegians try to cause landslide in unstable mountain

Norwegian authorities are trying to provoke a landslide by pumping water onto a mountain where a…