IN THE LAB
Could Dark Matter Lie Beyond The Portal?
A dark axion portal could link the observable Universe to dark matter, which occupies 70 percent of the Universe but remains poorly understood.
Damsel In Distress: Insect Courtship Trapped In 100-Million-Year-Old Amber
To introduce themselves to females, prehistoric male damselflies waved their hindlegs.
New Tree-Climbing Crab Found In Hong Kong
In the eastern coast of Hong Kong, a previously unknown crab species that can climb trees is lurking.
Making Mulch Ado Of Ant Hills
Ants, which account for half of all insect biomass in the world, are beneficial to agriculture in more ways than one.
Female Chickens Need Male Hormones To Develop Ovaries
Male hormones turn out to be more important for developing ovaries than testes, at least in chickens.
A Glimpse Into The Earliest Genetic Mutations Of Human Life
Every time a cell in the early embryo divides, three mutations creep in; a rate much higher than previously thought.
Sterile Neutrinos Evade The NEOS Detector
Results from a new experiment shows that finding sterile neutrinos may be more challenging than we thought.
Still No Solution To The Mystery Of The Missing Lithium
The rate decay of beryllium into helium is too slow to explain the Universe's missing lithium, researchers say.
Physicists In China Detect The Majorana Fermion
A research group in China has detected the presence of Majorana fermion in an artificial topological superconductor.
