Scientists propose explanation for night sky glow of STEVE

Researchers have just published a theory of what powers the celestial phenomenon known as STEVE, the…

How the world's biggest radio telescope could be used to search for aliens

In 2016, China’s Five-hundred-meter Aperture Spherical radio Telescope—the largest single-aperture radio telescope in the world—gathered its…

House cleaning on the nanoscale

A team of scientists at Friedrich-Alexander Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) has developed a novel mechanical cleaning method…

Rents can and should be reduced or suspended for the coronavirus pandemic

The National Cabinet announced a moratorium on evictions just over a week ago in response to…

Monkeys, elephants and dogs reclaim India's streets in virus lockdown

Hundreds of monkeys have taken over the streets around India’s presidential palace, leading an animal offensive…

CERN physics lab developing basic COVID-19 ventilator

Physics experts are working at Europe’s CERN lab to create a basic ventilator for mild coronavirus…

Shelf sediments, freshwater runoff from rivers brings more carbon, nutrients to North Pole

A new study by researchers at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution (WHOI) and their international colleagues found…

Repurposing straw lets farmers grow more food with less water and fertilizer

A growing population needs more food. Click here for original story, Repurposing straw lets…

Are people willing to share risks together within a financial market?

Economic anthropologist Erik Bähre does research on the morality of insurance. In his latest ethnography “Ironies…

Assembling the X-59 QueSST Wing

The X-59 Quiet SuperSonic Technology, or QueSST, wing assembly is lifted by a crane and moved…