First optical measurements of Milky Way's Fermi Bubbles probe their origin

Using the Wisconsin H-Alpha Mapper telescope, astronomers have for the first time measured the Fermi Bubbles…

Making matter out of light: High-power laser simulations point the way

Making matter out of light: High-power laser simulations point the way Click here for…

New laser system provides 3-D reconstructions of living deep-sea animals and mucus filters

Living in an essentially zero-gravity environment, many deep-sea animals have evolved soft, gelatinous bodies and collect…

Largest, oldest Maya monument suggests importance of communal work

From the ground, it’s impossible to tell that the plateau underfoot is something extraordinary. But from…

Scientists decipher the role of carbon and the break-up of continents

University of New Mexico (UNM) Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Dr. Tobias Fischer and Syracuse…

Tracking cancer's immortality factor

Canadian scientists have achieved a first in the study of telomerase, an essential enzyme implicated in…

Researchers develop 'poisoned arrow' to defeat antibiotic-resistant bacteria

Poison is lethal all on its own—as are arrows—but their combination is greater than the sum…

Super water-repellent materials are now durable enough for the real world

Superhydrophobic surfaces repel water like nothing else. This makes them extremely useful for antimicrobial coatings, as…

Study in twins finds our sensitivity is partly in our genes

Some people are more sensitive than others — and around half of these differences can be…

Scientists discover what an armoured dinosaur ate for its last meal

More than 110 million years ago, a lumbering 1,300-kilogram, armour-plated dinosaur ate its last meal, died,…