The microbe Pyrodictium abyssi is an archaeon—a member of what's known as the third domain of life—and an extremophile. It lives in deep-sea thermal vents, at temperatures above the boiling point of ...

A laboratory model depicts a small, simplified segment of the protein structure of cannulae. (Conticello lab) Disclaimer: AAAS and EurekAlert! are not responsible for the accuracy of news releases ...

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Nearly half a century ago, astronomer Nikolai Kardashev proposed a scale for ranking civilizations based on their energy consumption. Now, a new study is reconsidering the Soviet scientist’s ...

If advanced alien civilisations are building vast satellite swarms designed to harvest a star’s energy, we should be able to see them – so why haven’t we? One answer might be that these structures, ...

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Abstract: The current fundamental limits such as Shockley–Queisser, ergodic light-trapping limit, diffraction-limited imaging (Abbe diffraction limit), noise in detection, reciprocal optical systems ...