The Lambda-CDM (ΛCDM) model has been the foundation of modern cosmology for some time now, successfully describing large-scale structures in the Universe. It proposes that 95% of the cosmos is ...

The primary underlying mechanisms may involve the protective effects of these diets on blood vessels and nerves, as well as their anti-inflammatory and antioxidant properties, according to a new ...

For the last two decades, the prevailing view in human evolutionary genetics has been that Homo sapiens first appeared in Africa around 200,000 to 300,000 years ago, and descended from a single ...

Who the first inhabitants of Western Europe were, what their physical characteristics were, and when and where they lived are some of the pending questions in the study of the settlement of Eurasia ...

Physicists have long known that electrons can form vortices in quantum materials. What’s new is the proof that these tiny particles create tornado-like structures in momentum space. Momentum space is ...

Named Jeholia longchengi, the new species lived approximately 125 million years ago (Early Cretaceous epoch). The scorpion’s fossilized remains were recovered from dark gray mudstones of the Yixian ...

Ultrahigh energy cosmic rays are the highest-energy particles in the Universe, whose energies are more than a million times what can be achieved by humans. While the existence of ultrahigh energy ...

Papilio is a large genus of swallowtail butterflies within the family Papilionidae. The only representative of the tribe Papilionini, the genus includes about 200 scientifically recognized species.

The newly-discovered dinosaur roamed Earth during the Late Cretaceous epoch, some 78 million years ago. Named Chadititan calvoi, the ancient species belongs to a group of Argentinian titanosaurs ...

NGC 4900 is located some 45 million light-years away in the constellation of Virgo. Also known as LEDA 44797 or IRAS 12580+0246, this spiral galaxy has a diameter of 66,000 light-years. NGC 4900 was ...

Primitive amphibians called temnospondyls survived the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction, which occurred about 252 million years ago, by feeding on freshwater prey that evaded terrestrial ...

In new lab experiments, scientists at the University of Southern California showed that when mice encountered a familiar social partner in a state of unconsciousness caused by anesthesia, they ...