Month: August 2013

Researchers have deciphered how oxytocin, acting as a neurohormone in the brain, not only reduces…

Using direct human brain recordings, scientists have identified a new type of cell in the…

Advanced x-ray technique reveals surprising quantum excitations that persist through materials with or without superconductivity.

Warming oceans are causing marine species to change breeding times and shift homes with expected…

A person playing a first-person shooter video game like Halo or Unreal Tournament must make…

Chemists have unexpectedly made two differently colored crystals — one orange, one blue — from…

A new transparent, bioinspired coating makes ordinary glass tough, self-cleaning and incredibly slippery.

Probing the location of a recent short-duration gamma-ray burst in near-infrared light, astronomers using the…

It may be called the Robotic Refueling Mission (RRM), but NASA’s RRM was built to…

NASA’s Curiosity rover will mark one year on Mars next week and has already achieved…