Astronomers have found the largest number of the most distant, youngest galaxy clusters yet, a feat that will help them observe the developing universe when it was less than half its current age and still in its formative ...
Astronomy
Jun 6, 2006
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Scientists have solved a question about the nature of plutonium that had remained a mystery since the Manhattan Project.
Condensed Matter
Jun 6, 2006
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One of the youngest supernova remnants known, a glowing red ball of dust created by the explosion 1,000 years ago of a supermassive star in a nearby galaxy, the Small Magellanic Cloud, exhibits the same problem as exploding ...
Astronomy
Jun 6, 2006
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A new understanding of how glass is formed may assist with our understanding of everything from the design of golf club heads to the structure of the early universe.
Condensed Matter
Jun 6, 2006
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Kent State University researchers are leading a team of scientists from eight institutions, who have been awarded a $5.5 million Multidisciplinary University Research Initiative (MURI) from the Air Force Office of Scientific ...
Condensed Matter
Jun 6, 2006
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Our Sun has its explosive flares and spots and high speed wind, but it is a placid star compared to some. Stars that are much more massive live fast and die young, with blue-white, intensely hot surfaces that emit energy ...
Astronomy
Jun 6, 2006
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It has been 2.3 billion years since Earth's atmosphere became infused with enough oxygen to support life as we know it. About the same time, the planet became encased in ice that some scientists speculate was more than a ...
Jun 6, 2006
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First discovered 150 years ago, Neanderthals have been studied more widely than any other form of human. Thanks to a new interactive inventory and online catalogue developed in Europe, scientists worldwide can now probe the ...
Software
Jun 6, 2006
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Scientists in the joint study group of Max-Planck-Institut für Plasmaphysik and Berlin’s Humboldt University have generated ball-lightning in the laboratory - or, to be more precise, ball-lightning-like plasma clouds. ...
General Physics
Jun 6, 2006
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According to Gray’s paradox, dolphins swim faster than they should be able to. Since Gray, scientists have discovered flaws in the details of the paradox, although some explanations of these creatures’ aquatic grace have ...
