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Geomorphologist Lujendra Ojha of Georgia Tech first noticed strange streaks on Mars in 2011. They appeared on the walls of craters -- dark, downhill smears that appeared and then disappeared....

There are few tougher, more durable structures in nature than teeth or seashells. The secret of these materials lies in their unique fine structure: they are composed of different layers in which numerous micro-platelets...

First produced in 1940, plutonium is one of the most electronically complicated elements on Earth--and because of its complexities, scientists have been struggling to prove the existence of its magnetic properties ever s...

Below the tropical waves near the Solomon Islands, nighttime divers spotted a psychedelic vision: an endangered sea turtle glowing bright red and green.

A map of an Egyptian settlement and colorful images of birds and animals graced the floor of a 1,500-year-old church in Israel.

Images show a 1,500-year-old mosaic, depicting an ancient Egyptian settlement and images of birds and other animals. The mosaic once graced the floor of a church in what is now Israel.

For tens of millions of years the Bathyal King Crabs have steered clear of the freezing Antarctic waters. Today, with waters around the frozen continent warmer than ever previously recorded...

Five weird ways getting tattoos can affect your health.

Those with a long smoking habit and good health might have their genes to thank - one of many findings emerging from a vast genetic resource

The Antikytheria shipwreck in Greece has turned up more than 50 new artifacts, including a glass game piece and iron sheathing from the hull.

Water, soup, wet paint and other liquids often leave stains as they dry. They include "coffee rings" from dried coffee droplets, soup stains on the dining table, and the patterns salted snowmelt lays down on the pavement...

An alloy first made nearly two decades ago by the U. S. Navy could provide an efficient new way to produce electricity. The material, dubbed Galfenol, consists of iron doped with the metal gallium. In new experiments, re...

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A research group from Osaka University, in collaboration with an international research team, successfully realized in laboratory the world of exotic atoms under extreme state through high - brightness X-ray sources, typ...

Sometimes, the hardest job for a theoretical physicist is telling the story. The work in this field can be conducted entirely in the abstract, leaving outsiders (and the odd insider) bewildered, but there might be some a...

The oil giant might have announced it is pulling out of drilling under the Chukchi Sea - but its ventures in the Russian and Scandinavian Arctic continue

As we begin to share our cities with autonomous machines, street names and house numbers could soon be a thing of the past

Physicists at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, have achieved a new precise measurement of a key subatomic particle, opening the door to better understanding some of the deepest mysteries of our universe.

Lockheed's newest military vehicle works just as well on land as it does in the water.

Two newly discovered stashes of bronze weapons and jewelry, dating back to the eighth century B.C., may have been offerings to the deities. They date to a time before minted currency had been invented or writing had spre...

Photos reveal the two stashes of bronze weapons, tools and jewelry found at a prehistoric site in what is now southern Transylvania, in Romania.

Researchers from North Carolina State University have created the first entropy-stabilized alloy that incorporates oxides - and demonstrated conclusively that the crystalline structure of the material can be determined b...