Physics of snakeskin sheds light on sidewinding

Most snakes get from A to B by bending their bodies into S-shapes and slithering forward…

Mysterious magnetic fossils offer past climate clues

There are fossils, found in ancient marine sediments and made up of no more than a…

Use of pronouns may show signs of an impeding breakup

Evidence of an impending breakup may exist in the small words used in everyday conversations months…

Geologists produce new timeline of Earth's Paleozoic climate changes

The temperature of a planet is linked with the diversity of life that it can support.…

New clues emerge in how early tetrapods learned to live—and eat—on land

New research out of the University of Chicago has found evidence that the lobe-finned fish species…

Space tourism: new test flight planned for Virgin Galactic

Space tourism company Virgin Galactic said Monday it planned a new test flight for its SpaceShipTwo…

Synthetic biology reinvents development

Richard Feynman, one of the most respected physicists of the twentieth century, said “What I cannot…

Optimized LIBS technique improves analysis of nuclear reactor materials

In a new study, investigators report an optimized approach to using laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) for…

Searching for dark matter through the fifth dimension

Theoretical physicists of the PRISMA+ Cluster of Excellence at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz are working on…

Discovery could lead to self-propelled robots

Army-funded researchers discovered how to make materials capable of self-propulsion, allowing materials to move without motors…