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A team of international physicists has developed homogenous cylindrical objects absolutely invisible in the microwave range.

Scientists at ITMO University, Ioffe Institute and Australian National University achieved this by making use of a homogenous object and no additional coating layers were added. Method used by physicists was based on a new understanding of electromagnetic wave scattering. The findings of the study have been published in Scientific Reports.

In the study, the physicists examined light scattering from a glass cylinder filled with water. The experiment shows a two-dimensional analog of a classical problem of scattering from a homogeneous sphere (Mie scattering). However, this was a totally different case as it includes unusual physics.

An analysis of fossil remains has revealed that the Neanderthals from the French region of Poitou-Charentes mutilated the bodies of adults and children shortly after death.

After the researchers examined the fossil remains of two Neanderthals adults and a child found at the Marillac site, they found that they cut, beat and fractured the bones of their recently deceased companions.

According to scientists, these mutilations have been observed at other Neanderthal sites but scientists still do not know whether they did this for food or ceremony.

According to press release from Nissan, JAMSTEC (Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science and Technology), will make use of Nissan's AroundView Monitor technology in deep sea exploration in a corporation with Topy Industries, which manufactures robot crawlers in Japan. According to the release, the aim is to help government agency JAMSTEC improve its ability to explore deep underwater for natural resources by means of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).

According to reports, Nissan AroundView Monitor technology will help ROV operators stay away from obstacles and navigate the ocean floor more easily. As per the release, the JAMSTEC and Topy Industries ROVs include a version of Nissan AroundView Monitor, which is capable of three-dimensional picture processing.

Comet 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, which is originally from the Kuiper belt, has been a subject of study for scientists for the past many years. Now, according to reports, scientists have found that the comet is non-magnetic, whereas the moon and meteorites have a strong magnetic field.

European Space Agency's Philae landed on the comet in November 2014. It was the first man-made object that successfully landed on a comet. The probe was launched by the space agency to trace origins of life on earth.

According to the science, extinct species similar to mammoths could be brought back to life by cloning them.

Associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Beth Shapiro describes in her new book 'How to Clone a Mammoth'. Researchers said that there is no method to clone dinosaurs as their DNA is lost for good. But there is a possibility that something could be done with more recently-extinct species, like mammoths, passenger pigeons and the gastric-brooding frog.

In her new book, Prof. Shapiro explores that which species must be brought back, how to sequence their genomes, and how to expect which populations that have been overlooked in the wild, might be revived.

On Tuesday, the US Department of Education has fined Santa Ana-based Corinthian Colleges Inc. $30-million. The DOE has alleged that for-profit college operator has enrolled students with increased job placement rates.

Already, Corinthian has been selling off and closing a number of its campuses across the country as asked by the Education Department. And, now this fine acts as another blow for Corinthian. It is been a long time now that the job placement rates for Corinthian graduates have been in spotlight.

Last year, the department stopped Corinthian's access to federal student aid after it was being said that the company has falsified the data. It shall be noted that the fine is currently applicable on one branch of Corinthian's operation - the Heald College system.