By Stef Verhagen Imagine turning seawater into safe drinking water using only sunlight and a sponge-like material. Sounds ...

Scientists at the University of Manchester and The Australian National University have created a new molecule that may soon ...

Stef Verhagen has been a dedicated writer for Universal-Sci for over 10 years, covering a wide range of scientific topics. As a Senior Writer and Editor, Stef has a particular passion for space and ...

We’ve known for some time now our universe is expanding, and in recent years discovered this was happening considerably faster than we’d expected. Yet despite momentous innovations in telescope and ...

Billions of planets. Our sun, a G-type main-sequence star, is considered a relative rarity in the Milky Way galaxy.The most abundant stars are known as m-dwarf stars; they are much smaller, cooler, ...

Brain energy consumption. In their study, the researchers looked at the brain size, structure, and energy expenditure of several types of worker ants, including the common garden ant, the weaver ant, ...

Search for extraterrestrial life. Romanovskaya also proposes potential 'technosignatures' (measurable characteristics or effects that offer scientific evidence of past or present technology) that may ...

IO is also home to some of the most extreme mountains in the solar system, the highest of which is called 'Boösaule Montes'. With a height of 17.5 kilometers (or 10.8 miles), it dwarfs the tallest ...

As technology becomes more advanced, astronomers will be able to detect more and more rogue planets. As a matter of fact, astronomers have recently been able to detect an earth-sized rogue planet for ...

Around the world, millions of people suffer from Alzheimer's disease and that number is rising. As researchers search for ways to treat the condition, we slowly get to know more about it. Scientists ...

According to new research, what you eat may be just as important as the type of diet you follow when it comes to protecting your heart. A major new study, which tracked nearly 200,000 people over ...