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Mercury’s surface discovery challenges conventional thinking

November 30, 2016
Scientists have discovered large scale buckling that created a giant valley on the surface of Mercury. The researchers believe this shows proof of Mercury’s changing temperatures, contrary to the belief...

Scientists calculate future benefits of electric vehicles

November 22, 2016
Electric vehicles that run on batteries instead of hydrogen fuel cells are more likely to be environmentally friendly in the future, according to researchers from California and Munich. The scientists...

Experiment to unlock secrets of cosmos suggested

November 21, 2016
A method to understand why the universe is expanding and where dark energy comes from has been proposed by a pair of theoretical physicists.

Subatomic tetraneutron particle confirmed

November 16, 2016
A team of physicists in America have helped prove the existence of a subatomic particle once thought theoretical.

Spectral emission explains galactic evolution

November 7, 2016
Astronomers have measured the intensity of oxygen emission lines over the history of the universe to better understand how galaxies form.

Telescope trio capture solar wind collisions

November 1, 2016
Researchers at Trinity College Dublin have taken the highest quality images of Eta Carinae’s stellar winds colliding, an event that which will aid learning of star evolution and death.

Fluorescence imaging technique created

October 27, 2016
Microscopy experts have designed and built a fluorescence-detection microscope that combines 3-D and high resolution image processing, with potential uses for biomedical research.

Quantum LED heralds computing advance

October 26, 2016
Ultra-thin quantum LEDs have been developed by researchers at the University of Cambridge that can produce single photons – making them important in building quantum network on compact chips.

Martian water loss documented

October 25, 2016
The amount of hydrogen – and therefore water - ejected from Mars is dependent on the proximity of the Red Planet to the Sun as it orbits, scientists have discovered.

Accidental greenhouse gas to fuel process discovered

October 21, 2016
Scientists have accidentally discovered a way to convert carbon dioxide solution to ethanol.

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