30 Years of the Hubble Space Telescope

On April 25, 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope was deployed from the cargo bay of space…

Study identifies the most metal-poor stars in the Omega Centauri cluster

By analyzing spectroscopic data, astronomers have investigated the globular cluster Omega Centauri, aiming to find a…

Quantum gases won't take the heat

The quantum world blatantly defies intuitions that we’ve developed while living among relatively large things, like…

Build diverse food systems for post-COVID-19 world

The world’s 7.6 billion residents are facing an unmitigated and unprecedented fight against a global public…

Lakes triple amount of carbon they bury in response to human disruption of global nutrient cycles

A new study led by Loughborough University has revealed that lake burial of organic carbon has…

Pradigms of mobility and immobility are being upended by the pandemic

For many of us, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to drastic changes in how we move…

Will coronavirus help or hinder women's candidacies?

Women’s leadership has drawn a lot of praise during the COVID-19 crisis, including for politicians like…

How COVID-19 affects farmers and the food supply chain

Empty shelves lining supermarkets, farmers dumping milk and abandoning fields of crops, restaurants laying off staff—the…

Global database for water-use efficiency

By examining the carbon isotope composition of tree-rings, researchers from Swinburne and the University of California,…

COVID-19: The impact on supply chains

As the fight against the coronavirus continues and the country wrestles with when to reopen the…