Highly reactive complex molecules finding some sort of stability was a necessary step towards life getting started on Earth.
By studying hot gas glowing in circumgalactic space, astrophysicists have found evidence of enormous magnetic fields that wind through and around our galaxy's dark matter 'halo'.
Researchers at ETH Zurich have managed to make sound waves travel only in one direction. In the future, this method could also be used in technical applications with electromagnetic waves.
An international research team used the asteroid Bennu's tracking data to study the possible existence of a fifth fundamental force of the universe.
Geckos use the saccule - a part of their inner ear traditionally associated with maintaining balance and body positioning - to detect low-frequency vibrations, according to a duo of biologists.
The prize honors innovation at Google DeepMind and in academia. Three researchers share the award for using machine learning to predict proteins' 3D shapes and design the molecules from scratch.
Humans could also have a mechanism to temporarily slow down the development of an embryo.
In a study from 2022, researchers issued a "warning to humanity" about the consequences of tree losses, backed by 45 other scientists from 20 different countries.
Japanese researchers have uncovered inorganic nanostructures around deep-ocean hydrothermal vents that closely resemble key molecules involved in life processes.
Astronomers refer to the Shapley Concentration as a "basin of attraction". It's a region containing many clusters and groups of galaxies and comprises the greatest concentration of matter in the local Universe.
John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton won for discoveries that paved the way for the AI boom.
Deep beneath the Earth’s surface, an extraordinary discovery has been made. Microbes — alive and thriving — have been found sealed within a fracture of 2-billion-year-old rock.
TIC 290061484 is a system of gravitationally bound stars consisting of a tightly-orbiting binary pair with a third star that circles both. Astonishingly, they're so close together the entire system would fit inside the orbit of Mercury.
Ceres’ crust is probably made from 90% ice today. Using data from NASA’s Dawn mission, scientists found it was likely once a muddy ocean world.
Supermassive black holes are some of the most impressive objects in the universe - with masses around one billion times more than that of the Sun.
