A structure much like a liquid crystal allows the shell of a scarab beetle to circularly polarize light, scientists in the US have discovered. Mohan Srinivasarao of the Georgia Institute of Technology ...

Scientists have developed a theory to experimentally determine differences in nuclear structure. Using this method to assess carbon and oxygen nuclei revealed that they contain more components in ...

Temperature plays a pivotal role in the environment, directly affecting the survival, function, and overall health of organisms by shaping their physiological and behavioral responses. Likewise, ...

A central piece of a closed crude oil refinery in Convent recently came crashing down as Shell Oil shifts the nearly 60-year-old complex toward making renewable fuels, company officials confirmed. The ...

Materials researchers from the Block Research Group at the ETH Zurich, together with architects supermanoeuvre, have revealed a prototype for an ultra-thin, sinuous concrete roof system with an ...

Hans-Dieter Sues - Curator, Paleontology, National Museum of Natural History In a fit of pique, according to one of Aesop's fables, the god Hermes made the animal carry its house forever on its back.

Turtle shells evolved over the course of 300 million years, but self-defense wasn't the initial driver, researchers think.