1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (391+ words) In 59 B. C. E. Julius Caesar, future dictator of Rome, gifted his favorite mistress Servilia a black pearl earring of such size and luster that it was chronicled by many Roman writers of the day. Caesar reportedly paid six million sesterces (hundreds of…...

11+ mon, 2+ week ago  (488+ words) Free-range atoms, roaming around without restrictions, have been captured on camera for the first time " enabling physicists to take a closer look at long predicted quantum phenomena. It's a bit like snapping a shot of a rare bird in your…...

11+ mon, 3+ week ago  (643+ words) Scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in the U. S. have made a groundbreaking achievement after they captured the first images of individual atoms freely interacting in space. The images, which show interactions between free-range particles that had only been…...

3+ mon, 4+ day ago  (292+ words) Cyanide has a very deadly reputation, but the chemical compound hydrogen cyanide (one of many possible cyanide compounds) may also be the reason why life exists on Earth in the first place. Researchers behind a new study analyzed the frozen…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago  (669+ words) A peculiar observation during laboratory experiments has led researchers to the breakthrough of a lifetime. After years of trying to replicate the behavior, uncover its mechanism, and constrain its scope, an interdisciplinary team led by Flinders University in Australia has…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (424+ words) Researchers may have found a new way to locate deposits of rare earth elements that are vital to the tech and energy industries. Rare earth elements crystallize in Earth's mantle inside blobs of magma that are rich in alkali metals,…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (850+ words) Methane is one of the most powerful greenhouse gases, warming the planet far faster than carbon dioxide over the short term. Yet much of the world's methane escapes into the air from landfills, farms, mines, and wastewater systems. Scientists are…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago  (870+ words) Often associated with refreshing a sense of being renewed and a peaceful calmness, raindrops may soon become tiny engines of clean energy. Researchers at the Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics have created a floating electricity generator that captures energy…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (416+ words) A powerful quantum chemistry engine is now available that can help scientists tackle complex chemical problems. The new technology could drastically speed up research in drug discovery, materials science and other fields, the system's developer, QDX, claims. The Extreme-scale Electronic…...

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (778+ words) A tiny burst of motion inside a molecule may be enough to shove an electron across a solar material almost as fast as nature permits. That is the striking result from a University of Cambridge-led study that tracked charge transfer…...