14+ hour, 39+ min ago  (605+ words) Researchers working to explain the higher-than-expected optical performance of transparent ceramics have turned to a controversial new concept, known as "zentropy theory." Described as a blend of quantum mechanics, thermodynamics, and statistical mechanics, zentropy theory suggests that systems tend toward…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago  (655+ words) An updated analysis of data captured by NASA's Cassini Mission, led by NASA scientists and researchers from the University of Washington, has decreased the chances of a subsurface ocean on Saturn's moon Titan but potentially increased the chances of finding…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago  (434+ words) The discovery of a "fire amoeba" capable of surviving temperatures typically impossible for complex life has expanded scientists" knowledge of extremophiles, creatures that live in Earth"s most inhospitable regions. The small single-celled amoeba is considered a "complex" life form…...

1+ mon, 5+ day ago  (602+ words) The delicate internal structure of platinum crystals growing in liquid metal has been revealed, according to new research employing a powerful X-ray technique that reveals new implications for quantum computing. UNSW Professor Kourosh Kalantar-Zadeh, with the University of New South…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (376+ words) A curious phenomenon has left astronomers puzzled over a strange category of planets orbiting distant stars, according to newly published research. " Scientists report the discovery of surprisingly water-rich exoplanets, despite forming in places once believed to be far too hot…...

1+ mon, 3+ week ago  (411+ words) As scientists look to the stars in the search for life, one Cornell researcher is identifying the colors that may be telltale signs of alien life on far-off exoplanets. Astronomers are especially focused on worlds orbiting in a star's habitable…...

2+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1278+ words) Trillions of them stream through your body every second without leaving a trace. They slip through matter as if it weren't there. They rarely interact and mysteriously change identities mid-flight. "Now, thanks to an unprecedented collaboration between two of the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (742+ words) Scientists have detected the molecule phosphine, a compound potentially linked to the presence of life, in the atmosphere of the brown dwarf star WOLF 1130c using the James Webb Space Telescope. Previous observations have detected phosphine in the atmospheres of other…...

3+ mon, 3+ week ago  (607+ words) The mystery of how tiny bacteria can successfully digest some of the toughest plant waste expelled by most creatures has finally been resolved, in an achievement'with major implications for biomanufacturing. Lignin, a tough, complex polymer that provides plants with their…...

4+ mon, 4+ day ago  (623+ words) After five decades of uncertainty, University College London researchers have finally devised a theoretical set of early Earth conditions under which RNA and amino acids could combine to form the origin of life, as presented in a new paper in…...