Hubble confirms new dark spot on Neptune

New images confirm the presence of a dark vortex on Neptune. Though similar features were seen during the Voyager 2 flyby of NASA

Nanoscientists develop the 'ultimate discovery tool'

The discovery power of the gene chip is coming to nanotechnology. Researchers have figured out how to make combinatorial libraries of nanoparticles in a very controlled way. Some of the nanoparticle compositions have never been observed before on Earth.

Astronomers just switched on a device that lets them observe the Milky Way's black hole

Astronomers working with the European Space Agency's (ESO) Very Large Telescope (VLT) in Chile have just announced that a black hole-observing device called GRAVITY is now fully operational and it's has already provided one accurate measurement.

Sunway Taihulight named world's fastest supercomputer

Sunway Taihulight has been named the world's fastest supercomputer, with a processing speed exceeding 100 petaflops per second. Its calculation capacity in one minute equals 32 years of calculations by a billion people using calculators.

It Looks Like Pluto Has a Liquid Water Ocean

A modeling paper published this week in Geophysical Research Letters offers a simple but fascinating explanation: partial freezing within a subsurface, liquid water ocean.

The Crazy Plan to Clean Up a Giant Island of Trash Might Actually Happen

An ambitious but controversial plan to clean up the Great Pacific Garbage Patch moves closer to reality this week, with the deployment of an ocean plastic cleanup boom off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea.

Simple Habit - Meditation on the go

Simple Habit's 5 minute personalized meditations are designed a Harvard psychologist and meditation experts. Founder Yunha Kim started meditating a few minutes a day at her previous startup, Locket, and decided to build Simple Habit to help people reduce stress and live happier.

Vice President on Yoga Day: Meditation is important in Jain, Buddhist, Christianity and Islamic practices

Vice President Hamid Ansari talks about the parallelisms in Yogic practices even if the rituals vary.

DNA Could Be Used As Nanowire

DNA is the fundamental molecule for life on Earth, but it might soon become a key component in the construction of nanoelectronic devices as well.

The universe is crowded with black holes, astronomers predict

Astronomers have presented one of the most complete models of matter in the universe and predict hundreds of massive black hole mergers each year observable with the second generation of gravitational wave detectors.

Quantum computer makes first high-energy physics simulation

Physicists have performed the first full simulation of a high-energy physics experiment — the creation of pairs of particles and their antiparticles — on a quantum computer.

Antimatter, annihilation and a universe that shouldn't exist

Antimatter is at the heart of one of the great mysteries in modern physics — why our universe has stuff in it.

How virtual reality will change the face of cinema

It might seem a sensationalist claim, but with the advent of virtual reality we could be on the brink of the biggest change to the way we watch films in over a century.

Future iPhones may have wraparound glass, augmented reality apps

Apple could be planning to develop an iPhone that features a curved wrap-around display and the ability to run augmented reality apps. The company was awarded a patent for the technology on Tuesday, indicating its interest in the area.

5G Mobile Gets One Step Closer to Reality

Fiber-fast wireless will make video chatting buffering-free and advance self-driving car technologies.