A team of researchers at the Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) has discovered that cobalt-70 isotopes form different nuclear shapes when their energy levels ...

It's easy to think of pupils as simple holes that widen in the dark and shrink in the light. But if you look across the animal kingdom, you'll see a variety of pupil shapes: vertical slits in cats and ...

At this time of year, aren't there cute acorns rolling around in the park?Large ones, slightly short and thick ones, long and ...

Gasoline and diesel engines feature many differences aside from fuel type. Compared to gasoline engines, a diesel is typically a lower-revving, torquier design, hence why it's often preferred over ...

A team of mathematicians and physicists has discovered how external forces, such as water temperature, shape ice formations. “The shapes and patterning of ice are sensitive indicators of the ...

Research by scientists into why some bacteria have different shapes has found that a curved shape can make it easier to find food. The findings pose questions around whether disease-causing bacteria ...

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