Crabs' camouflage tricks revealed

Crabs from a single species rely on different camouflage techniques depending on what habitat they live…

Hubble Spies Curious Galaxy Moving a Little Closer

This Hubble image stars Messier 90, a beautiful spiral galaxy located roughly 60 million light-years from…

ESA renews focus on Canary Islands for laser operations

Their winning combination of high altitudes and clear skies make Spain’s Canary Islands one of the…

Vietnam seizes 5 tonnes of pangolin scales from Nigeria

Vietnam police have seized more than five tonnes of pangolin scales stashed in a cashew shipment…

Facebook plans cryptocurrency launch next year: BBC

Facebook has been in contact with US and British financial regulators with a view to launching…

A 'silver bullet' for the chemical conversion of carbon dioxide

Fossil fuels are the lifeblood of modern societies, but their increased use releases carbon dioxide, a…

Lithium doesn't crack under pressure, it transforms

Using cutting-edge theoretical calculations performed at NERSC, researchers at Berkeley Lab’s Molecular Foundry have predicted fascinating…

A novel synchrotron technique for studying diffusion in solids

Understanding and controlling how the diffusion process works at the atomic scale is an important question…

Scientists discover ancient seawater preserved from the last Ice Age

Twenty thousand years ago, in the thick of an Ice Age, Earth looked very different. Because…

Demographer addresses federal report on U.S. birthrate

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s annual report on the U.S. birthrate delivered some sobering…