French mathematician and spider aficionado Cédric Villani honoured with a new orb-weaver

Despite being considered as one of the best studied spiders in the Palearctic, the orb-weaver spiders…

How and when spines changed in mammalian evolution

A new study from Harvard University and the Field Museum of Natural History sheds light on…

Showing how the tiniest particles in our Universe saved us from complete annihilation

Recently discovered ripples of spacetime called gravitational waves could contain evidence to prove the theory that…

Seeing the invisible—A novel gas imaging system

Researchers from Tokyo Medical and Dental University develop a novel gas imaging system to simultaneously visualize…

Vast amounts of valuable energy, nutrients, water lost in world's fast-rising wastewater streams

Vast amounts of valuable energy, agricultural nutrients, and water could potentially be recovered from the world’s…

How the ocean is gnawing away at glaciers

The Greenland Ice Sheet is melting faster today than it did only a few years ago.…

Showing how the tiniest particles in our universe saved us from complete annihilation

Gravitational waves could contain evidence to prove that neutrino particles reshuffled matter and anti-matter, explains a…

Scientists discover new non-sticky gels

Scientists have discovered a new class of material – non-sticky gels. Click here for…

A previously unknown mechanism enables bacterial antibiotic resistance

Researchers have described a previously unrecognized mechanism of bacterial transcriptional regulation that is obviously widespread in…

Early life experiences biologically and functionally mature the brain

Experiences early in life have an impact on the brain’s biological and functional development, shows a…