Exploring the use of 'stretchable' words in social media

An investigation of Twitter messages reveals new insights and tools for studying how people use stretched…

New clues to deep earthquake mystery

A new understanding of our planet’s deepest earthquakes could help unravel one of the most mysterious…

Study shows erosion of ozone layer responsible for mass extinction event

Researchers at the University of Southampton have shown that an extinction event 360 million years ago,…

The amazing Antarctic discovery that could tell us how Earth was made

Explorers trawling the polar ice have finally unearthed a trove of precious, iron-rich space rocks that…

Space Out and Explore the Universe Without Leaving Home

If NASA’s new 2020 missions have inspired an interest in science and celestial objects, these apps…

'We are go for launch': NASA due to resume human spaceflight with SpaceX takeoff

SpaceX, billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk’s private rocket company, made final preparations to launch two Americans into…

A bio-inspired addition to concrete stops the damage caused by freezing and thawing

Concrete is one of the most durable building materials used in modern-day infrastructures, but it has…

Physicists measure a short-lived radioactive molecule for first time

Researchers have combined the power of a super collider with techniques of laser spectroscopy to precisely…

Tuning the surface gives variations to metal foils

Researchers reported how to give variations to single crystalline metal foils. Via the oxidation-led annealing plus…

New understanding of RNA movements can be used to treat cancer

New research shows that an RNA molecule involved in preventing tumor formation can change its structure…