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A consensus is emerging that the dots, sometimes called rubies, are an entirely new type of object in the Universe.

Impossible molecular combinations are possible on Saturn’s moon Titan, changing our understanding the potentially ...

Kate Adamala started work on a cell in which the natural molecular structure is reversed. Then a possible doomsday scenario became clear.

Scientists from NASA and Chalmers University have discovered that incompatible substances can mix on Titan’s icy surface, ...

Experiencing the sensation of burning or tingling during a gel manicure is known as a heat spike. Here, dermatologist and ...

Researchers at Chalmers University of Technology in Sweden and the US space agency NASA have made an unexpected discovery ...

When high-energy radiation interacts with water in living organisms, it generates particles and slow-moving electrons that ...

Normal cellular processes in living things — from germinating plants to our own cells — create biophotons, though escaping light isn’t visible to us.

Ice XXI” is an entirely new phase of ice with a crystal structure that’s more complex than the ice found on Titan or Ganymede ...