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In certain nanomaterials, electrons are able to race through custom-built roadways just one atom wide. To achieve excellent efficiency, these one-dimensional paths must be paved with absolute perfection--a single errant ...

A marine mollusk built like a tiny tank can see with hundreds of eyes made of the same material as its armor. Scientists tested its vision and found that the chiton could use its armored eyes to see a fish from more than...

Recent NASA research shows that Antarctica seems to be gaining ice, but this finding has been met with skepticism. The research also doesn't support the assumption that climate change is ending; the story is more complic...

Its mineral eyes work just like ours and help the creature see predators - but how its small brains process its rock-hard vision is still a mystery

A subtle skull slope identifies a new dinosaur species as a direct link between a predecessor with a flat skull and later relatives with dramatic paddle-shaped crests.

A subtle skull slope identifies a new dinosaur species as a direct link between a predecessor with a flat skull and later relatives with dramatic paddle-shaped crests.

If you'd asked farmers a few hundred years ago what skills their kids would need to thrive, it wouldn't have taken long to answer. They'd need to know how to milk...

Go ahead and call a pigeon a birdbrain. Just don't challenge it to the tedious game of "Categorizing Tumors as Cancerous or Benign." The pigeon may well win.

The Crater cluster, discovered in 2013, is so odd it must have been snatched from one of the Milky Way's satellite galaxies

Scientists photograph a gas-giant exoplanet forming around a young star that lies about 450 light-years from Earth --

FOR so long as there are wars to fight, the contest to have the best weaponry will continue. The attacks in Paris on November 13th, and their aftermath, will only reinforce this quest. Sniper technology is an area of par...

Target acquired FALCONRY is less fashionable now than it was in days of yore. But, over the past few years, sharp-eyed ramblers in south Wales may have witnessed an updated version of this ancient pastime. Since 2012, in...

THE idea came to Ralph Liedert while he was sweltering in the Californian sunshine, having been standing with his daughter for over an hour in a queue for a ride at Disneyland. What, he thought, if his T-shirt had a cool...

(Phys.org)--The fundamental constants of nature--such as the speed of light, Planck's constant, and Newton's gravitational constant--are thought to be constant in time, as their name suggests. But scientists have questio...

Fancy footwork may woo mates for blue-capped cordon-bleus, songbirds that can tap dance faster than the eye can see.

Scientists at the University of York's Centre for Quantum Technology have discovered new evidence to support the development of scalable and secure high rate quantum networks.

There's a lot of love song and dance going on above our heads. Video (incl. slo-mo) of Blue-Capped Cordon-Bleu birds show the musical mating rituals of males and females.

Scientists plan to use a newly awarded grant to develop a shoebox-sized particle accelerator in five years. The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation has awarded $13.5 million to Stanford University for an international effo...

A strange buzzing sound made during the singing mating ritual of an African finch is in fact a tap dance so fast it is invisible to the human eye

Our world is ruled by four fundamental forces: the gravitational pull of massive objects, the electromagnetic interaction between electric charges, the strong nuclear interaction holding atomic nuclei together and the we...

Do high-fructose corn syrup and sugar have the same effects on human health? A lawsuit is now considering the question. Here's what the science says.

A new jet-powered drone might be the most complex flying machine ever built using 3D printing.