• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 27th, 2014
Solar System Reveals New Dwarf Planet

Solar System Reveals New Dwarf Planet

This discovery brings the limits of the solar system back into focus

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 18th, 2014
Mercury Is Losing Mass at an Alarming Rate

Mercury Is Losing Mass at an Alarming Rate

The innermost planet is shrinking faster than first calculated

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • March 12th, 2014
Massive Galaxies Found in the Early Universe

Massive Galaxies Found in the Early Universe

How these structures formed still baffles astronomers

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 19th, 2014
Nitrogen Uptake Process in Plants Can Be Observed in Real-Time

Nitrogen Uptake Process in Plants Can Be Observed in Real-Time

New tools could help minimize river and groundwater pollution

How Daughter Cells Form During Cell Division

How Daughter Cells Form During Cell Division

New research explains this process in great detail

Bisphenol A Affects Heart Valve Development in Fetuses

Bisphenol A Affects Heart Valve Development in Fetuses

The conclusion belongs to a new study conducted on zebrafish

LG D618 and LG VS450PP Spotted at Bluetooth SIG

LG D618 and LG VS450PP Spotted at Bluetooth SIG

One destined for CIS, the other expected at Verizon

Salt Can Sometimes Violate Chemical Predictions

Salt Can Sometimes Violate Chemical Predictions

Researchers used to think they understood this material in detail

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 16th, 2013
Failed Star System Nearby May Host Exoplanet

Failed Star System Nearby May Host Exoplanet

Calculations revealed a third object around the binary

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • December 11th, 2013
Mercury Shrank 11 Kilometers (6.8 Miles) Since It Formed

Mercury Shrank 11 Kilometers (6.8 Miles) Since It Formed

The innermost planet shriveled up more than researchers anticipated

Nickel Oxide Finally Turned into Metal

Nickel Oxide Finally Turned into Metal

Experts figure out the conditions needed for the transformation

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • July 2nd, 2012
How to Weigh Non-Transiting Exoplanets

How to Weigh Non-Transiting Exoplanets

Researchers develop new exoplanetary investigations technique

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • June 27th, 2012
How Mercury Evolved on Earth

How Mercury Evolved on Earth

Experts trace it back to the earliest time possible

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • May 8th, 2012
Hot Jupiters May Prevent Earth-Like Worlds from Forming

Hot Jupiters May Prevent Earth-Like Worlds from Forming

The conclusion belongs to a new scientific investigation

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • February 3rd, 2012
Super-Earth Found in Its Star's Habitable Zone

Super-Earth Found in Its Star's Habitable Zone

The extrasolar planet was discovered only recently

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 25th, 2011
Earth's Outer Core Does Not Feature Oxygen

Earth's Outer Core Does Not Feature Oxygen

At least, not in the large amounts researchers expected to find