Researchers at the University of Tsukuba use computer calculations to propose a new way to rearrange the carbon atoms in a diamond to make...
The thin, slippery layer of cartilage between the bones in the knee is magical stuff: strong enough to withstand a person's weight, but soft...
Scientists have demonstrated an innovative technique for increasing the intensity of lasers. This approach, based on the compression of light pulses, would make it...
Celestial fireworks in a star cluster called G286.21+0.17 have now been observed by astronomers.
The Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) radio telescope in Chile joined...
A mysterious red glow at the centre of the Milky Way has been detected for the first time.
The Milky Way’s nucleus thrums with hydrogen...
At the time of its discovery, the black hole had a mass of around 20 billion solar masses and had an accretion rate of...
Observations showed that 88-pound mirrors were 'kicked' by the 'spooky popcorn of the universe.'
Quantum physics is the realm of tiny particles no longer. Scientists...
Researchers have found the first planet with its core exposed.
The discovery represents the first time that researchers have been able to look into the...
Thank goodness for the Earth's crust: It is, after all, that solid, outermost layer of our planet that supports everything above it.
But much of...
A new musical craze is sweeping across Canada, banishing traditional styles of song to the past..
Most bird species are slow to change their tune,...
































