Google has announced that it has added a project it's calling Baseline Study, to Google X. The announcement came from project manager Andrew Conrad—he gave an interview to the Wall Street Journal. The aim ...

Technology - Internet

Jul 25, 2014 4.6 / 5 (20) 17

An elusive state of matter called superconductivity could be realized in stacks of sheetlike crystals just a few atoms thick, a trio of physicists has determined.

Physics - Superconductivity

Jul 28, 2014 4.8 / 5 (19) 2

Protons and neutrons are held together at the center of an atom by powerful nuclear forces. A theory that can describe the interaction between just two of these subatomic particles could potentially be extended ...

Physics - General Physics

Jul 25, 2014 4.7 / 5 (19) 2

The world faces a small but substantially increased risk over the next two decades of a major slowdown in the growth of global crop yields because of climate change, new research finds.

Earth - Environment

Jul 25, 2014 3.1 / 5 (29) 46

"Imagine a heart surgeon operating to repair a blocked coronary artery. Someday soon, the surgeon might run a detailed computer simulation of blood flowing through the patient's arteries, showing how millions ...

Technology - Computer Sciences

Jul 23, 2014 4.7 / 5 (18) 4

Spinach gave Popeye super strength, but it also holds the promise of a different power for a group of scientists: the ability to convert sunlight into a clean, efficient alternative fuel.

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jul 23, 2014 4.7 / 5 (18) 0

You might think the image above of the famous Antenna Galaxies was taken by a large ground-based or even a space telescope. Think again. Amateur astronomer Rolf Wahl Olsen from New Zealand compiled a total ...

Astronomy & Space - Astronomy

Jul 24, 2014 4.6 / 5 (18) 0

Neutrinos, also known as 'ghost particles' because they barely interact with other particles or their surroundings, are massless particles according to the standard model of particle physics. However, there ...

Physics - General Physics

Jul 22, 2014 4.1 / 5 (20) 15

The National Institute for Fusion Science (NIFS), of the National Institutes of Natural Sciences (NINS) in Japan, has achieved an electrical current of 100,000 amperes, which is by far the highest in the ...

Physics - Superconductivity

Jul 25, 2014 4.5 / 5 (18) 4

Global decline of wildlife populations is driving increases in violent conflicts, organized crime and child labor around the world, according to a policy paper led by researchers at the University of California, ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 24, 2014 4.6 / 5 (17) 5

LMU chemists have developed a new formulation for the generation of green flames. Unlike conventional mixtures, the new blend of reactants is environmentally benign, and it produces a green flame of previously ...

Chemistry - Materials Science

Jul 25, 2014 4.6 / 5 (16) 0

Europe will close an important chapter in its space flight history Tuesday, launching the fifth and final robot ship it had pledged for lifeline deliveries to the International Space Station.

Astronomy & Space - Space Exploration

Jul 27, 2014 4.6 / 5 (16) 3

Zack Jud, a PhD graduate of Florida International University and current marine biologist, has caused a small ruckus in the marine biology community by posting comments on his Facebook Page, suggesting that ...

Biology - Ecology

Jul 24, 2014 3.8 / 5 (19) 6

Dinosaurs might have survived the asteroid strike that wiped them out if it had taken place slightly earlier or later in history, scientists say.

Other Sciences - Archaeology & Fossils

Jul 28, 2014 4.3 / 5 (17) 8

Physicists Sergei Filippov (MIPT and Russian Quantum Center at Skolkovo) and Mario Ziman (Masaryk University in Brno, Czech Republic, and the Institute of Physics in Bratislava, Slovakia) have found a way ...

Physics - Quantum Physics

Jul 23, 2014 5 / 5 (14) 2