Research: New results indicate interstellar nomad `Oumuamua is a comet —

`Oumuamua -- the first interstellar object discovered within our Solar System -- has been the subject of intense scrutiny since its discovery in...

Research: Hardy organisms threaten interplanetary contamination —

In professor George Fox's lab at the University of Houston, scientists are studying Earth germs that could be contaminating other planets. Despite extreme...

Research: Extinct hoofed mammals similar to small moose —

Researchers at Case Western Reserve University and two other universities have discovered the 13-million-year-old fossils of a pair of new species of extinct...

Research: Special-purpose buildings bring together earliest Neolithic communities —

The advent of food production took place in the Near East over 10,000 years and sparked profound changes in the ways human societies...

Research: Whether bold or shy, seal personalities are steady over time, study says —

Female seals don't change their spots, according to a new study by University of Alberta biologists. In fact, individual differences in boldness remain...

Research: Dangerous protected reptiles —

The south-east Asian island state of East Timor has a problem with crocodiles. Between 2007 and 2014 there was a sharp increase in...

Research: Milky Way is rich in grease-like molecules —

Our galaxy is rich in grease-like molecules, according to an Australian-Turkish team. Astronomers at the University of New South Wales in Sydney (UNSW),...

Research: Researchers produce a state in which atoms behave similarly to a Higgs boson...

Physicists at the University of Bonn have succeeded in putting a superconducting gas into an exotic state. Their experiments allow new insights into...

Research: Finding upends scientific understanding of how granites form and what they can teach...

A team of scientists including Carnegie's Michael Ackerson and Bjorn Mysen revealed that granites from Yosemite National Park contain minerals that crystallized at...

Research: Tricky feat with stand-up molecule —

For quite a while now, researchers have been able to produce structures from single atoms. One of the first examples was presented by...

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