Asteroids, hydrogen make great recipe for life on Mars

A new study reveals asteroid impacts on ancient Mars could have produced key ingredients for life…

Menu change for corals in warming reefs

Warming coral reefs are losing their capacity to feed themselves from sunlight, making nutritious deep ocean…

Migrants are their country’s best and brightest

People who choose to emigrate are those with the best education. This flies in the face…

Combating fatigue with a smartwatch application

Scientists from EPFL, UNIL and local startup be.care have developed a system that uses heart rate…

Variations in Visible/Near-Infrared Hematite Spectra Related to Grain Size and Crystallinity

Abstract: Drill fines created by the Curiosity rover at Gale Crater, Mars have exhibited variable visible/near-infrared…

Deep-sea drillers investigate shedding of Antarctic icebergs

The 5.4 million square-mile Antarctic ice sheet is by far the greatest mass of fresh water…

New cellulose-based material represents three sensors in one

Cellulose soaked in a carefully designed polymer mixture acts as a sensor to measure pressure, temperature…

Gold soaks up boron, spits out borophene

In the heat of a furnace, boron atoms happily dive into a bath of gold. And…

Cool Earth theory sheds more light on diamonds

A QUT geologist has published a new theory on the thermal evolution of Earth billions of…

Protein ‘spat out’ by cancer cells promotes tumor growth

Prostate cancer cells change the behavior of other cells around them, including normal cells, by 'spitting…