More than 100 people have been killed and many are missing after a tsunami triggered by an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. Scores of houses were destroyed by waves after the 7.7 magnitude quake, which struck 20km (13 miles) under the ocean floor near the Mentawai islands. Ten villages on the islands were swept away by the tsunami, a disaster official told the AFP news agency. Damage... 

Andre Geim (left) and Konstantin Novoselov have received the 2010 Nobel Prize in physics for their discovery of graphene. Credit Picture: Sergeom/Wikimedia Commons; R. Hart Two-dimensional carbon sheets discovered in 2004 By Laura Sanders Web edition : Tuesday, October 5th, 2010  Read More →

Woman receiving a mammogram. Credit: National Cancer Institute/Rhoda Baer NASA software used to enhance Earth Science Imagery could one day aid in the interpretation of mammograms, ultrasounds and other medical imagery. The new MED-SEG system, developed by Bartron Medical Imaging, Inc., a Connecticut-based small company, with satellite offices in Maryland, relies on an innovative software program... 

To figure out whether the universe is actually a maze of multiple universes, scientists propose studying strange substances called metamaterials that might replicate the properties of spacetime. Move over Harry Potter, and take your invisibility cloak with you. Alice’s looking glass may be the latest bit of literary magic worthy of physics laboratories. Rather than using substances known as... 

A small creature called a Durrell’s vontsira is the first new carnivore species discovered in more than 20 years. The critter was caught in the wetlands of Madagascar’s largest lake and probably eats mollusks and other shellfish. By Rachel Ehrenberg Credit: Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust Web edition : Tuesday, October 12th, 2010 <br> Scientists have found the first new carnivore... 

Magnitude 7.2 – NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA 2010 September 29 17:11:24 UTC Date-Time: Wednesday, September 29, 2010 at 17:11:24 UTC Thursday, September 30, 2010 at 02:11:24 AM at epicenter Location: 4.920°S, 133.783°E Depth: 12.3 km (7.6 miles) Region: NEAR THE SOUTH COAST OF PAPUA, INDONESIA Distances: 105 km (65 miles) NNW of Dobo, Kepulauan Aru, Indonesia 310 km (190 miles)... 

Rokan, a male Sumatran tiger, lays in the grass at the U.S. National Zoo in Washington in this July 20, 2006 file photo. Photo: Reuters/Molly Riley/Files ANIMALS) Asia’s tiger population could be close to extinction with fewer than 3,500 tigers remaining in the wild and most clustered in fragmented areas making up less than 7 percent of their former range in Asia, a study says. The study... 

Located about 5,000 light years from Earth, this composite image shows the Rosette star formation region. Data from the Chandra X-ray Observatory are colored red and outlined by a white line. The X-rays reveal hundreds of young stars in the central cluster and fainter clusters on either side. Optical data from the Digitized Sky Survey and the Kitt Peak National Observatory (purple, orange,... 

The earthquake struck when most people were asleep (Photo: Graham Maclean) 3 September 2010 Last updated at 23:43 GMT A 7.0-magnitude earthquake has struck off New Zealand’s South Island, the US Geological Survey has said. The epicentre was 55km (35 miles) north-west of Christchurch, at a depth of 12 km (7.5 miles), it added. Police said there had been widespread damage to buildings and roads... 

Mount Sinabung spews volcanic materials into the sky in Karo, North Sumatra, Indonesia, Monday, Aug. 30, 2010. The volcano that had been dormant for more than four centuries erupted for the second day in a row Monday, spewing out towering clouds of ash and forcing the evacuation of more than 21,000 people. (AP Photo/Roone Patikawa) By BINSAR BAKKARA Associated Press Writer TANAH KARO, Indonesia...