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(Geological Society of America) This new volume in The Geological Society of America's memoir series brings together results from a six-year, multidisciplinary study of the linkages among processes that formed the highes...

(Phys.org)--Researchers have demonstrated a new way to enhance the emission of single photons by using "hyperbolic metamaterials," a step toward creating devices in work aimed at developing quantum computers and communic...

During these dark winter months, spare a thought for artificial lights.

A new instrument may help to carry out tests to optimize miniature drones, in attempts to assess their flight performance more precisely. A team from Stanford University have shown how flapping wings enable flying animal...

Women were banned from Roman military life - so how come six are sculpted on one of the most-studied triumphal monuments in the world?

Researchers are tuning in to urban seismic noise, the man-made signals from human activity, to view geologic structures and track the rhythms of cities.

Catholics worldwide will hear Pope Francis's message - expected to plead for a climate deal that will protect the planet's three billion poorest

Many people wake up in the middle of the night, unable to move a muscle, while feeling as though a frightening shadow is floating near their bed. Two neuroscientists propose an idea to explain the eerie experience.

NASA data shows that average sea ice totals have dropped significantly, with a precipitous fall between 2002 and 2008. Sea level rise is a direct result of sea ice loss.

Earth's magnetic field, which is generated by convection currents in the highly-conductive liquid outer core, has been documenting our planet's past for billions of years. Just like that of a standard bar magnet, our mag...

IT IS a long time since the groves of academe were paced only by men, but even now some of them are more populated by women than others are. Why, is a mystery. Though the phenomenon is most discussed in scientific and te...

Single? Wonder if you can do better? The Nanaya service will tell you the chances of finding the mathematically ideal partner

Cannibalism plays a big part in the life cycle of galaxies, but some rise from the dead as zombies - including one on a collision course with our own

The UK government wants to curtail online communication between terrorists, but any attempt will restrict free speech for everyone

Midway through the school year, parents and teachers are starting to plan (and fundraise) for winter and spring field trips. Among the most popular destinations is the science museum. --

A new mobile app is bringing skeletons to life at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History in Washington, D.C.

It is easy to measure electric current. But it is extremely hard to watch the individual electrons which make up this current. Electrons race through the metal with a speed of several million meters per second, and the d...

The green light has been given to build the India-based Neutrino Observatory, whose massive magnet will help study the subatomic particles

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For the first time, scans have identified brain activity associated with pain linked to your state of mind. It could help treat conditions like fibromyalgia

The intact fossil of a new scorpion species shows that the animals could have evolved for life on land earlier than thought

The Chinese government is poisoning pikas for wrecking the ecosystem, but they could be essential to the survival of the Tibetan fox and for regulating rivers