New Neutron Camera has a Shutter Speed of One Trillionth of a Second

Researchers have created a new camera that features a shutter speed so fast, it can see atomic structures without blur.

Massive black hole 'waking up' in Virgo constellation

A massive black hole at the heart of a galaxy in the Virgo constellation is waking up, shooting out intense X-ray flares at regular intervals that have puzzled scientists

Earth's oceans once turned green

Japanese researchers have made a compelling case that Earth’s oceans were once green, in a study published in Nature.

Europe just had warmest March on record

Europe experienced its warmest March since records began, as climate change continues to push temperatures to unprecedented levels, European Union scientists said on Tuesday.

Dark diversity reveals global impoverishment of natural vegetation

A study recently published in Nature indicates that human activities have a negative effect on the biodiversity of wildlife hundreds of kilometers away. 

Taiwan sets new standard with cutting-edge 2-nanometre microchip

Taiwanese semiconductor leader TSMC has unveiled the world's most advanced microchip: the 2-nanometre (2nm) chip.

New NASA Space Telescope Unveils Its First-Ever Images

NASA's new infrared space telescope, SPHEREx, is designed to give us unprecedented insights into the evolution of the Universe.

Dying Cells Play a Vital, Unexpected Role in Healing, Study Shows

A new study reveals some surprising discoveries about healing processes that are potentially triggered by the process of necrosis, or premature cell death.

Kazakhstan discovers rare earths reserve said to be third-largest in the world

Now dubbed "New Kazakhstan," the deposit is said to have almost 1 million tonnes of cerium, lanthanum, neodymium and yttrium, elements used as components in devices such as smartphones, digital cameras and computer hard disks.

Stars Get Earworms Too, And The 'Songs' Could Tell Us Their History

The "music" of starquakes - enormous vibrations caused by bursting bubbles of gas that ripple throughout the bodies of many stars - can reveal far more information about the stars.

Hubble Sheds New Light on Atmospheric Composition and Dynamics of Uranus

A 20-year Hubble study of Uranus provide valuable data for understanding the atmospheric dynamics of this distant ice giant, which can serve as a proxy for studying exoplanets of similar size and composition.

New plastic dissolves in the ocean overnight, leaving no microplastics

Scientists in Japan have developed a new type of plastic that's just as stable in everyday use but dissolves quickly in saltwater, leaving behind safe compounds.

How calcium may have unlocked the origins of life's molecular asymmetry

Scientists have uncovered a surprising role for calcium in shaping the building blocks of life. 

Galaxies die earlier than expected

For a long time, scientists thought that only actively star-forming galaxies should be observed in the very early Universe. The James Webb space telescope now reveals that galaxies stopped forming stars earlier than expected. 

Massive collision created Mercury, new theory suggests

A grazing giant collision between two similar-sized rocky bodies likely created Mercury a few billion years ago.