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Researchers were startled to find fish, crustaceans and jellyfish hidden beneath the Ross Ice Shelf, in one of the world's most extreme ecosystems.

News reports say that 11 of the 12 game balls used by the New England Patriots in their AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts were deflated, showing about 2 pounds per square inch (psi) less pressure than ...

Researchers at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory are trying to find out why uranium persists in groundwater at former uranium ore processing sites despite remediation of contaminated surface...

Sound waves passing through the air, objects that break a body of water and cause ripples, or shockwaves from earthquakes all are considered "elastic" waves. These waves travel at the surface or through a material withou...

Allowing Congress to decide what scientists should study could have disastrous consequences.

Ioannis Sgouralis of the National Institute for Mathematical and Biological Synthesis is using mathematical modeling to study how the kidneys behave in a range of different conditions.

Imagine if you could get a scan of your brain as you went about your day. Soon, that may be a reality -- a team of scientists is developing a portable brain scanner that can reveal natural brain activity while a person i...

At least two species of cone snail have turned insulin into an underwater weapon, a new study finds. When these stealthy aquatic snails approach their prey, they release insulin, a hormone that can cause blood sugar leve...

Fish-hunting Conus geographus and Conus tulipa are caught on camera attempting to capture prey by lowering the victim's blood sugar, retarding their ability to flee.

A team of University of Wisconsin-Madison engineers has developed a new tool to help plot the future of solar fuels.

A research team led by North Carolina State University has developed a new technique for determining the role that a material's structure has on the efficiency of organic solar cells, which are candidates for low-cost, n...

We need to widen the way we listen for broadcasts from alien civilisations - looking for short pulses packed with information as well as simpler radio signals

For two days this summer, the world's elite robots will be gathered in one place. Darpa, the advanced technology and innovation wing of the US military, is hosting a $3.5...

When two, never-before seen poems by Sappho emerged last year, not all classicists rejoiced at the rare discovery.

Watch as four robots accompany a human musician and show how artificial intelligence lets them improvise and play complex music

A secret underwater world thrives on algal meadows that hang under the polar sea ice - now we get some of the first glimpses of it

After an inspection revealed that some of the footballs used during Sunday's NFL playoff game were slightly deflated, many people are asking whether the balls gave the New England Patriots an unfair advantage over the In...

Unfortunate news out of Pittsburgh this week. The nearly 80-year-old, long defunct Westinghouse Atom Smasher has been toppled. The felled Atom Smasher in Forest Hills, Penn.Image: WTAE Pittsburgh The five-story steel bul...

The Whillans Ice Stream Subglacial Access Research Drilling (WISSARD) project drilled through the Ross Ice Shelf and found fish living 2400 feet beneath.

Size isn't everything. When many male mice mate with the same females, their descendants evolve testes that can produce more sperm

Robert van Lith highlights a hot article in Biomaterials Science

Lorentz invariance (LI) is a cornerstone of modern physics, and strongly supported by observations.