A counterintuitive facet of the physics of photon interference has been uncovered by three researchers of Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium. In an article published this month in Nature Photonics, they have proposed a thought experiment that utterly cont…

Knee extensor muscles were like modern humans', meaning she could have walked like us: researcher

Harvard University led research may have solved the puzzle of how life became molecularly right-handed. In the paper, "Origin of biological homochirality by crystallization of an RNA precursor on a magnetic surface," published in Science Advances, the researc…

The UPC's Biomaterials, Biomechanics and Tissue Engineering Group (BBT) leads the international project Bio-TUNE, which aims to develop multifunctional materials with high antibacterial potential and efficient tissue integration.

Scientists place a phonon into superposition, paving the way for its use in quantum computers.

Breakthrough: Surges of cosmic radiation from space directly linked to earthquakes • Earth.com

Patients receiving cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) may rarely experience cardiopulmonary resuscitation-induced consciousness (CPRIC), manifesting as body movements, eye-opening, or even awareness. We present a case report of a 55-year-old male patient who…

A team of chemists and engineers affiliated with a large number of institutions in China has found that using liquid metal to synthesize high-entropy alloy nanoparticles (HEA-NPs) is a viable alternative to conventional methods. In their study, reported in th…

Reliably detecting wildfires early will probably require a combination of different technologies working together, experts say.

The roughly 6-hour EVA is scheduled to begin Thursday (June 15) at 8:55 a.m. ET.

The cosmic bling is taking place just 104 light-years away where a white dwarf is crystallising.

The temperature on the exoplanet, WASP-76b, rises up to 4,350 degrees Fahrenheit or 2,400 degrees Celsius, which is hot enough to vaporize iron.

The panoramic postcard shows multiple landmarks on the planet.

An international team of astronomers reports the discovery of a new star cluster (SC) as part of the DECam Local Volume Exploration (DELVE) survey. The newfound cluster, designated DELVE 6, is ultra-faint, metal-poor and is estimated to be about 9 billion yea…

A few days ago I wrote about the search for Population III stars. These stars were the first stars of the universe. Giant beasts hundreds of times more massive than the Sun, composed only of hydrogen and helium. These massive stars would have been very short-…

This newly performed study has been headed by Professor Zhong-Qun Tian (Xiamen University) and Professor Kostya S. Novoselov (National University of Singapore).

Ten times the size of Jupiter and partly extremely hot. Despite this, the James Webb telescope has discovered water on the planet.

Axiom hopes to dock its first module to the ISS by 2026.

Betelgeuse, the bright red giant star The bright red star Betelgeuse, called ‘Thiruvathirai’ or ‘Ardra’ in Indian astronomy, is easily spotted in the constellation Orion. Recent studies on the colossal red giant star Betelgeuse suggest that it is approaching …

Read more about NASA's HiRISE camera captures tracks left by Perseverance Mars rover on Devdiscourse

Cancer immunotherapy works by using or enhancing our own body's defence systems in the battle against cancer.

INDIA: The nature of what we can see in the cosmos poses a mind-boggling puzzle known as the “Horizon Paradox.” In recent years, scientists have delved into this perplexing enigma, striving to unravel its secrets and shed light on the fundamental workings of …

Artificial night-time light confuses a colour-changing coastal woodlouse, new research shows. The sea slater is an inch-long woodlouse that lives around the high-tide line and is common in the UK and Europe. Sea slaters forage at night and can change colour t…

ESA’s pair of Sun-watching Proba-3 satellites have been placed in take-off configuration, one on top of the other, for testing in simulated launch and space conditions at IABG in Germany, ahead of their planned lift-off next year.

Saturn, Neptune, Jupiter, Uranus and Mercury will be aligned in the eastern pre-dawn sky this weekend. Here's exactly when and where to see the rare planetary alignment.