A milestone on the path towards efficient solar cells: Singlet fission

Generating more electricity from solar cells and conducting further research into so-called singlet fission. Singlet fission…

Dangerous protected reptiles

Attacks by crocodiles have been rising in South East Asia since they became protected animals, a…

Rough terrain? No problem for beaver-inspired autonomous robot

Researchers are using stigmergy, a biological phenomenon that has been used to explain everything from the…

Biologists show that female seals have consistent personalities

Female seals don't change their spots, according to a new study. In fact, individual differences in…

Special-purpose buildings bring together earliest Neolithic communities

The advent of food production took place in the Near East over 10,000 years and sparked…

Paleontologists ID two new Miocene mammals in Bolivia

Researchers have discovered the 13-million-year-old fossils of a pair of new species of extinct hoofed mammals…

Why bacteria survive in space

Earth germs could be contaminating other planets. Despite extreme decontamination efforts, bacteria from Earth still manages…

Genetic structure of painted bunting identified

Biologists have identified the genetic structure of the Painted Bunting, a neotropical migratory songbird, using microsatellite…

`Oumuamua gets a boost

`Oumuamua, the first interstellar object discovered in the Solar System, is moving away from the Sun…

Seismologists use massive earthquakes to unlock secrets of the outer core

By applying new data and Princeton's supercomputers to the classic question of what lies beneath our…