The International Space Station is preparing for the launch of ELVIS, a tool that could aid the search for extraterrestrial life ...

Five people have been able to perceive a colour never before seen by human eyes, after researchers used lasers and tracking ...

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Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope confirmed that the planet K2-18b has traces of dimethyl sulfide, a potential ...

Physicists at Harvard have developed a powerful new laser-on-a-chip that emits bright pulses in the mid-infrared spectrum – ...

Engineers have made bacteria to produce hyperspectral signals that can be detected as far as 90 meters away. Their work could lead to the development of bacterial sensors for agricultural and other ...

Today's super-resolution microscopes have made it possible to observe the nanoscale world with unprecedented detail. However, they require fluorescent tags, which reveal structural details but provide ...

In a quiet part of what is now South Australia, more than half a billion years ago, life was locked in battle. The ocean ...

Quasicrystals, once considered impossible, were found in a 3D-printed aluminum alloy – and they make it stronger. This could ...

This week, researchers reported a brain circuit linked to the intensity of political behavior. Microbiologists found that the ...