What Lies Beneath: NASA Antarctic Sub Goes Subglacial
A video camera on a NASA-designed-and-funded mini-submarine captured this view as it descended a 2,600-foot...
Hubble Observes Glowing, Fiery Shells of Gas
New Nano-Based Method Found for Early Diagnosis of Prostate Cancer
Getting around the Uncertainty Principle: Physicists make first direct measurements of polarization states of light
Weak measurement: as light goes through a birefringent crystal the horizontally and vertically polarized components of light spread out in...
Five Major Mental Disorders Share Genetic Roots
Five major mental disorders share some of the same genetic risk factors, the largest genome-wide study of its kind has found. Evidence for such genetic overlap had previously been limited to pairs of disorders.
Supermassive Black Hole Spins Super-Fast
In this artist's conception a supermassive black hole is surrounded by a hot accretion disk, while some inspiraling...
UK invests £88 million in world’s largest ever optical telescope
The E-ELT will make huge strides toward our understanding of the Universe, the effects of dark matter and energy and planets outside of the solar system. Its 39 metres in diameter mirror will collect 15 times more light than any existing telescope and...
Future Soldiers Will Have Flexible Electronics Everywhere
Future soldiers...
