Astronomers using ESO's Very Large Telescope (VLT) have discovered the most powerful quasar outflow discovered to date - five times more...

Nanocrystals have always interested researchers since their electrical and thermodynamic properties show strong size dependence, which could potentially lead to...

The short answer is, no. Not with the naked eye at least, but if you use a highly potent set...

Eye contact plays a very important role in human interactions, however a recent research study made by psychologists at UC Santa...

Paranoia, fear and the prospect of total global annihilation. These thoughts constantly plagued the leaders of the developed world during...

We could go on about what free will is until dusk and still not reach a conclusion. Indeed, philosophers have...

Some fantastic shots by Imelda Joson and Edwin Aguirre from Rockport, Massachusetts, that show the deep penumbral eclipse of March...

A recent report released by the UN and compiled by he Met Office and the University of East Anglia suggest the...

A proposed deep-space probe to Jupiter that uses the radioactive nuclear engine proposed at NASA and Los Alamos. (c) Los...

Last week we were all filled with enthusiasm at sight of recent rumors that had Curiosity on the brink of...

You've heard about white color and white noise, but know there's a new neutral signal that balances the senses, the...

Scientists with NASA's Cassini mission have spotted two features shaped like the 1980s video game icon "Pac-Man" on moons of...

A new study found a direct correlation between the frequency of cognitive activity at later life and brain health. As we age,...

A proton collides with a lead nucleus, sending a shower of particles through the CMS detector. (c) CERN After the...

A carrier pigeon, with a cylinder attached. In 1982, a local resident of Bletchingley, about 20 miles south of London, found the...

A real life Peter-Weyland, SpaceX founder and self-made billionaire, Elon Musk, has stirred up controversy with his space exploration claims...

Along with technology came a series of new afflictions that plagued mankind. Most of them are psychological, like internet addiction...

Dogs associate the word "ball" with its size and texture, than its shape. which your pet seems to actually understand...

Of the hundreds of exoplanets discovered thus far, many of them are classed as super-Earths, planets with a mass up...

There's an age long question that even some of history's greatest free thinkers, philosophers and theologists haven't been able to...

Previous research has shown that babies still in their mothers' wombs regularly stretch, swallow and even hiccup. Recent observations have...

Artist impression of Archaeopteryx lithographica by Carl Buell Today's birds' ancestors descended from non-avian dinosaurs according to a recent paper...

Emperor penguins huddling. There's a rather common image that might pop inside someone's head when thinking of penguins - an...

NASA officials are flooded with media requests from journalists recently looking to find out exactly what all the fuss is...

In an age where the developing world is shadowed by paranoia in face of waves of terrorist attacks, no measure...

Galaxy clusters Abell 399 (lower centre) and Abell 401 (top left). The galaxy pair is located about a billion light-years...

The solar steam device developed at Rice University has an overall energy efficiency of 24 percent, far surpassing that of...

There's an age old myth that as the moon lights bright and fills the night sky, some people simply stop...

In a remarkable medical feat, physicians at Cambridge University have restored movement in the hind legs of 23 dogs after...

While the owl is commonly associated with wisdom, make no mistake  - it's a vicious predator of the night. It's...

The inset at left shows a close-up of the young dwarf galaxy. This image is a composite taken with Hubble's...

First initiated in 2008 by IBM, the Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE) program whose final goal is that...

Popular scientific consensus says that DNA code is identical in every cell of our bodies. A new study from Yale...

Mount Ruapehu is the highest mountain on the North Island. For his fantastic Lord of the Rings trilogy, director Peter...

Scientists at University of Texas Dallas have made artificial muscles capable of supporting 100,000 times their own weight and generate...

NASA's Mars rover Curiosity used a mechanism on its robotic arm to dig up five scoopfuls of material from a...

As of 2010 wind power amounted to 2.5% of the world's energy production with an estimated 25% increase in quota...

Researchers at MIT have created a new metamaterial that they used to fashion a concave lens capable of focusing radio...

Paleontologists have come across the oldest fossils identified as a relative of the giant panda in Spain, dated from 12...

Data storage has reached great heights in the past two decades. You can now fit in a typical PC hard-drive...

If you ever wondered why you have to pay for broadband on your smartphone or tablet know that it too,...

The reason why we don't trade with gold, diamonds or cheese is because these do no offer the exact interchangeable value. Money...

The Hydra is a tiny animal that can be found in just about any freshwater pond, just a few millimeters...

Modern sight correction medical procedures often involve surgery where an artificial lens is implanted. The patient's sight is significantly improved,...

Foxconn Taiwan is the world's largest manufacturer of electronic components, most famous for being responsible for Apple's iPad and iPhone...

As one of the largest countries in the world, Brazil is home to one of the most diverse ecosystems in...

Mucous cells on the stomach lining Bacteria biofilms, when formed, pose a significant health risk in industrial applications, like food...

(c) Yi-Hsuan Tseng et al./Nanotechnolog Previously, scientists have managed to devise material that can convert light into electricity, and other...

(c) NASA Scientists with the  Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-II) have used a novel technique to peer through the nature of...

Any mammal, including humans, suffering from an injury to the central nervous system will lead to a life-long loss of...