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Italian physicist Carlo Di Castro, professor emeritus at the University of Rome Sapienza, Italy, shares his recollections of how theoretical condensed matter physics developed in Rome, starting in the 1960s. Luisa Bonoli...

It's difficult to imagine that man could have evolved from an organ-less, multicellular sponge. Then again, that's what hundreds of millions of years of natural selection will do to a species. According to a new study, p...

Three International Space Station Expedition 38 crew members are set to depart the space station following 166 days in space. NASA will provide a live stream of the ISS departure beginning at 4:30 p.m. EDT when the crew ...

On the anniversary of the Fukushima disaster, scientists report that radiation from the crippled Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan will reach the west coast of the U.S. sometime next month. But far from painting a nig...

"Cosmos" returned to television with a primetime debut on Fox on Sunday. The show featured an introduction by President Barack Obama and on Twitter, NASA let viewers explore some of the featured moments in the episode, f...

Calling all citizen scientists, NASA wants you to take part in the Asteroid Grand Challenge Contest. The space agency has set up $35,000 in rewards for improved asteroid-hunting algorithms.

MR-1 Radar System Ukraine's new RADAR system. Ukroboronprom State Concern Last week, Ukraine's state-owned defense conglomerate Ukroboronprom State Concern unveiled the new MR-1 radar system, which, according to a Ukrain...

Two animated clips from a trick-roping model show what happens to a lasso when changing either the size of the loop or the rotation speed is changed. A trick roper demonstrates these skills in real life.

Thanks to the government shutdown and Hurricane Sandy, America's national parks saw a three percent drop in visitors last year from 2012.

Bullying is associated with suicidal thoughts in youth, a new study finds.

Orange light triggers more activity in brain areas linked to alertness than blue light - bolstering the idea that cells in the eye help reset our body clocks     

Researchers have now discovered extensive tunnels, embankments and other remnants of a military fortress hidden beneath the floors of the infamous Alcatraz prison complex.

Most modern electronics, from flat-screen TVs and smartphones to wearable technologies and computer monitors, use tiny light-emitting diodes, or LEDs. These LEDs are based off of semiconductors that emit light with the m...

FEMA's new NYC flood maps are already outdated.

Originally Published: Feb 7 2014 - 10:00am on Inside Science News ServiceBy: Inside Science News Service and Amanda PageLast month, our friends over at Inside Science put together this fantastic infographic about the "ev...

Technology comes to the fore in the search for missing Malaysia Airlines flight MH370     

Arch Aerial Drone A couple years ago, Ryan Baker founded Arch Aerial, a Houston-based drone manufacturer. An archaeologist by training, Baker worked on shooting excavations for clients, and eventually moved into working ...

Alcatraz, the notorious island prison surrounded by the waters of San Francisco Bay, is slowly giving up its secrets. Researchers have now discovered extensive tunnels and other remnants of a military fortress hidden ben...

Worried that someone at work might be stealing your good ideas? Relax. It doesn't happen as often as you think.

All the latest on newscientist.com: big bench-top physics, ozone depleter mystery, advance Alzheimer's test, neuroscience of consciousness and more     

A team of MIT researchers has used a novel material that's just a few atoms thick to create devices that can harness or emit light. This proof-of-concept could lead to ultrathin, lightweight, and flexible photovoltaic ce...

A new type of biomolecular tweezers could help researchers study how mechanical forces affect the biochemical activity of cells and proteins. The devices -- too small to see without a microscope -- use opposing magnetic ...