A research team led by New York University scientists has sequenced and analyzed the genomes of two members of the basmati rice group: a variety of basmati...
Woolly mammoths (Mammuthus primigenius) were among the most abundant cold adapted species during the Pleistocene. Their once large populations went extinct...
Mud wasp nests have helped establish a date for the Gwion Gwion rock art in the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
A typical remnant mud wasp nest...
An international team of planetary scientists and geochemists from the United States and Switzerland has demonstrated that a technique called atom probe...
An international team of archaeologists and paleoanthropologists has uncovered the 9,900-year-old remains of a Paleo-Indian woman in the Chan Hol underwater...
An international team of entomologists has conducted a survey of experts from diverse geographic regions to identify the most prominent perceived threats...
Easter Island, also known as Rapa Nui, is famous for its numerous statues (moai) and the monumental platforms that supported them (ahu). A widely-held...
In a retrospective case series, an international team of radiologists has reviewed chest CT scans of 21 symptomatic patients from China infected with the...
One nucleus in NGC 4490 is visible in the optical wavelengths, while the other is only visible at infrared and radio wavelengths, according to a new study...
Astronomers using the Multi-Object Spectrograph for Infrared Exploration (MOSFIRE) at the W. M. Keck Observatory have discovered an ultramassive galaxy...
There is growing evidence that evolution of red giant stars is often affected by an interplay with a nearby companion. Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter...
Named π-ton (pi-ton), the newly-discovered quasiparticle consists of two electrons and two holes.
Two electrons and two holes, created by light quanta,...
Pluto’s famous heart-shaped structure, named Tombaugh Regio, controls winds in the atmosphere of the dwarf planet and may give rise to features on its...
As they move, sand dunes interact with and repel their downstream neighbors, according to a new study published in the journal Physical Review Letters....
A video recorded underwater by marine biologists shows a gray seal (Halichoerus grypus) clapping in the wild, producing a gunshot-like ‘crack.’
“The...
A cache of gold dinars dating to the 9th century CE has been unearthed by a team of archaeologists from the Israel Antiquities Authority (IAA).
1,100-year-old...
New observations from NASA’s Parker Solar Probe show how Sun’s plasma that is released after a solar flare can accelerate and pile up solar energetic...
In a new study, a team of researchers from the University of Minnesota and the University of North Carolina has analyzed the potential receptor usage by...
