Category: 7. Science

There’s a lion’s share of potential energy in the vibrations produced by footsteps on dance floors, exercise machines in the gym, or the engines of cars, planes or construction equipment. Some tech companies have already begun to harvest…

There’s a lion’s share of potential energy in the vibrations produced by footsteps on dance floors, exercise machines in the gym, or the engines of cars, planes or construction equipment. Some tech companies have already begun to harvest…

Scientists have long sought to make semiconductors – vital components in computer chips and solar cells – that are also superconducting, thereby enhancing their speed and energy efficiency and enabling new quantum technologies….

The origins of vivid colours within the gemstone ammolite — a rare type of brightly coloured fossilised ammonite shell — are reported in research published in Scientific Reports.

The colours of ammolite occur within a preserved layer…

To trace patterns of extinction risk, the team turned to a surprising source – shark teeth. Analysing more than 1,200 teeth from 30 species in the genus Carcharhinus – a group that includes the bull and oceanic…

Astronomers have discovered a surprisingly lopsided disk surrounding the mysterious nearby star Beta Canis Minoris, thanks to a brand new “photonic lantern” device that could vastly improve the observing power of ground-based telescopes.

Beta…