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A sweeping barred spiral galaxy marks the spot in this image, but the real treasure is the gravitational lens in the lower-right corner, where a distant background galaxy is being magnified and distorted by the gravity of a closer galaxy.
It is due to be the second of two storms to hit Scotland over the weekend, with Storm Austen bringing heavy rain on Friday.
After earning bachelor's and Ph. D. degrees in bioengineering with a focus on molecular biology, Will White, a postdoctoral scholar in the Department of Computer Science at Tufts, was pretty certain his future research would involve things like DNA and proteins.
The amber Met Office alert for counties Antrim and Londonderry lasts from 21:00 BST on Saturday until 21:00 GMT on Sunday.
Glass can keep a drink safely contained, protect a smartphone screen, or serve as a foundation for electronic components. But when it comes to controlling heat, this familiar material still holds some scientific mysteries. Now, researchers have identified a key factor governing how efficiently ...
Arriving on the Caribbean island of Dominica for the first time "feels a little bit like stepping into Jurassic Park," said Giovanni Petri, a professor in the Network Science Institute at Northeastern University London.
The common myna is sometimes referred to as "Australia's most hated bird. " Originally from South and Central Asia, the introduced species from the starling family is abundant, raucous and bold.
The discovery may hint at the roots of human norms around fairness and friendship.
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial board on Thursday took GOP Sen. Roger Marshall (Kan. ) to task for backing an elimination of the cap on income subject to Social Security taxes.
The Kronshtadskiy subglacial lake near East Antarctica's Amery Ice Shelf was hidden beneath Antarctica's ice, but its drainage left a mark visible from space as a broad depression that deepened by more than 6 meters (20 feet) at its center.
The robotic Griffin lunar lander has passed a host of critical tests ahead of its first-ever moon mission, which is scheduled to launch later this year.
Public health researchers have long examined how societal forces can shape health outcomes. Decades after redlining was outlawed, for example, researchers continue to document its lasting effects on life expectancy, chronic disease and access to health care resources in many communities.
The Welsh government says it is consulting on an "undergrounding-first approach" to electricity lines.
Human cells hold about two meters (6. 6 feet) of DNA, folded and compacted to fit inside a nucleus. That packing is essential for life, but it creates a problem for scientists.
Young people are facing a future that feels increasingly uncertain. Although every generation experiences turbulence while navigating adolescence, the pressures experienced by Gen Z—those born between 1997 and 2012—are different and seem more pervasive.
Led by Dr. Rui Gomes Coelho, assistant professor of historical archaeology, the research reveals ordinary people's attitudes toward hospitality and solidarity in 20th-century Europe.
It is the second of two storms to hit Scotland over the weekend, with Storm Austen bringing heavy rain on Friday.
Disruption to travel is likely as the season's first named storm brings a swathe of powerful winds to south-west England on Friday.
Glaciers ending in lakes, oceans or ice shelves make up 3. 2% of the world's glaciers, but lost 134 billion metric tons (148 billion tons) of ice each year between 2000 and 2019, accounting for more than half of all glacier ice loss, a new study shows.
Most shops and schools were shut across Taiwan on Friday as Typhoon Champi neared the island, forcing hundreds of people to leave their homes ahead of the powerful storm.
BBC lead weather presenter Simon King is in Newquay as the "full force" of the storm arrives.
Blistering record heat in Europe this summer helped kill more than 50,000 people, with nearly two-thirds of that death toll blamed on human-caused climate change, a new study found.
What would it take to watch an electron move through a material? Researchers would need to see individual atoms and capture an electron's motion at incredibly short timescales. A Technion-led team has brought those two capabilities together in a scanning tunneling microscope, using carefully sh...
New research reveals that faster growth rates in Honeycrisp apples increase both the incidence and severity of the "bitter pit" disorder, which is responsible for large-scale fruit yield losses and avoidable economic impacts for apple producers and storers.