Nano-thermometer can now take a single cell’s temperature
How do you know a cell has a fever?
Take its temperature.
That’s now possible thanks to research by Rice University scientists who used the...
Physicists create world’s smallest engine
The engine is approximately ten billion times smaller than that of a car, and could one day help recycle waste heat and thus improve...
Scientists discover another giant planet in the Beta Pictoris system
Astronomers have discovered a second giant planet in orbit around β Pictoris, a star that is relatively young (23 million years old) and close...
Scientists create a heat shield just 10 atoms thick to protect electronics
The heatshields would protect people and temperature-sensitive components and make future electronic gadgets even more compact.
Excess heat given off by smartphones, laptops and other...
Young Jupiter was smacked head-on by massive planet
Jupiter's core may still be reeling from collision 4.5 billion years ago.
A colossal, head-on collision between Jupiter and a still-forming planet in the early...
Dark matter may be older than the big bang, says new study
Dark matter may have existed before the Big Bang, according to a new study.
Dark matter, which researchers believe make up about 80% of the...
Scientists create the world’s thinnest gold
Scientists at the University of Leeds have created a new form of gold which is just two atoms thick - the thinnest unsupported gold...
Scientists find traces of one of Universe’s first stars
Astronomers have found the ghostly remains of one of the Universe's first stars inside a rare, ancient star far, far away on the other...
Scientists discover a prototype for ultra-hot Jupiters
This exoplanet is hot enough for heavy elements to evaporate and escape its atmosphere.
The scorching hot exoplanet WASP-121b may not be shredding any heavy...
Scientists recreate the sun’s solar wind and plasma ‘burps’ on Earth
The sun's solar wind affects nearly everything in the solar system.
It can disrupt the function of Earth's satellites and creates the lights of the...