Research

Discoveries FAU scientists discover that shark spines are not one-size-fits-all

Micro-CT scans uncovered how six shark species carry spinal designs tuned to their distinct swimming styles.

Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Discoveries Laser-heated electrons can reshape metals in a billionth of a second Shy Cohen

Green Impact UC Irvine’s new map predicts which California homes are most likely to burn in a wildfire Amyn Bhai

Discoveries Researchers studying the Assyrian Empire’s history discover three new kings Rebecca Shavit

Space SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket stage is about to slam into the Moon on August 5 Joshua Shavit

Space Inside the strange physics of why time stops at the speed of light Joseph Shavit

Discoveries 2,700 year-old Italian cemetery reveals how status, gender, and diet impacted people’s lives Rebecca Shavit

Innovations MIT engineers create a stretchy yarn designed to be melted down and recycled Shy Cohen

Discoveries Dust from the Chicxulub asteroid baked dinosaurs alive within hours of impact Joseph Shavit

Space Astronomers find four Barnard’s Star planets to be small, uninhabitable, with years lasting only days Joseph Shavit

Discoveries 1.4 million-year-old footprints reveal an ancient group of human-sized hominins Hannah Shavit-Weiner

Space Wandering black hole found 30,000 light-years from its galaxy’s center Joseph Shavit

Health University of Melbourne start-up has developed a new, cutting-edge bionic prosthetic Joshua Shavit

Health Hormone balance study reveals best time for learning and memory Rebecca Shavit

AI AI tool builds entirely new languages, then checks its own grammar Shy Cohen

Space First ALMA SETI survey searches new frequencies for signals from alien civilizations Joseph Shavit

Space Sunspots could predict dangerous solar storms seven years in advance Joshua Shavit