Strong X-ray pulsations detected from pulsar 3A 0726-260

Using AstroSat satellite, Indian astronomers have detected strong X-ray pulsations from an X-ray binary pulsar known…

Drifting through the ice on board a polar climate research vessel

More than two months ago, EPFL researcher Julia Schmale joined the crew of the Polarstern, a…

Bacterial behavior influences cloud formation

ETH researchers have analyzed individual marine bacterial cells to show that metabolic processes inside them determine…

Wolf spiders may turn to cannibalism in a warming Arctic

Wolf spiders in a warming Arctic are getting bigger, reproducing more and eating different foods. Including…

New method for measuring RNAi pesticide in soil

A new generation of gene-silencing “RNAi pesticides” are making their way through the regulatory system and…

Climate change: More than 3bn could live in extreme heat by 2070

Areas such as India, Australia and Africa are predicted to be among the worst affected. …

Economic woes create more marital disagreements

Married couples argue with each other more about finances and other household matters as they cope…

Archaeology offers clues to pandemic rebounds from the past

As the COVID-19 pandemic redefines what we think of as “normal,” archaeology and ancient history can…

Obesity prevented in mice treated with gene-disabling nanoparticles

Disabling a gene in specific mouse cells, researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St.…

Mapping methane emissions on a global scale

An important new tool to combat climate change is now available. Using data from the Copernicus…