Researchers demonstrate single-molecule electronic 'switch' using ladder-like molecules

Researchers have demonstrated a new material for single-molecule electronic switches, which can effectively vary current at…

Visual misinformation is widespread on Facebook, and often undercounted by researchers

How much misinformation is on Facebook? Several studies have found that the amount of misinformation on…

Why the impacts of climate change may make us less likely to reduce emissions

The wildfires raging across Canada’s south-eastern province of Quebec are unprecedented. A warm, dry spring allowed…

Video: Hera Propulsion Module leak test, in time-lapse

ESA’s Hera mission for planetary defense will perform a close-up survey of the Dimorphos asteroid in…

Gravity goes lunar: Putting LESA to the test

Looking to the not-too-distant future when the European Service Module will propel European astronauts in the…

Hubble checks in on highly irregular galaxy ESO 174-1

The highly irregular galaxy ESO 174-1, which resembles a lonely, hazy cloud against a backdrop of…

Use of roadmapping as a strategic planning tool in industrial and research organizations

The Fraunhofer Group for Innovation Research, which includes Fraunhofer IAO among other Fraunhofer Institutes, has collaborated…

Why the super-rich may take more risks than the rest of us

Like most people, I watched the tragedy of the Titan submersible unfold with horror. We talked…

Lions are still being farmed in South Africa for hunters and tourism. They shouldn't be, say researchers

A man was arrested at the OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg, South Africa, on 23…

Study links tree genetics to biodiversity patterns

It’s easy to think of trees as part of the landscape. But what if the trees…