Unravelling the mystery of black holes: Scientists release stellar code to the public

Today, team COMPAS (Compact Object Mergers: Population Astrophysics and Statistics) has announced the first public beta…

Scientists record first reported heatwave at Antarctica's Casey research station

This summer, while drought, heatwaves and bushfires ravaged Australia, Antarctica was also experiencing a summer of…

New method predicts which black holes escape their galaxies

Shoot a rifle, and the recoil might knock you backward. Merge two black holes in a…

A new tool for controlling reactions in microrobots and microreactors

In a new paper, Thomas Russell and postdoctoral fellow Ganhua Xie, at the University of Massachusetts…

New explanation for sudden collapses of heat in plasmas can help create fusion energy on Earth

Scientists seeking to bring the fusion that powers the sun and stars to Earth must deal…

Researchers investigate how forests are changing in response to global warming

As the climate is changing, so too are the world’s forests. From the misty redwoods in…

Sophisticatedly engineered 'watercourts' stored live fish, fueling Florida's Calusa kingdom

The mighty Calusa ruled South Florida for centuries, wielding military power, trading and collecting tribute along…

New pathogen threatens fennel yield in Italy

A new fennel fungal disease caused by a new genus and species—Ochraceocephala foeniculi, was observed for…

Water pressure: Ancient aquatic crocs evolved, enlarged to avoid freezing

Taking the evolutionary plunge into water and abandoning land for good, as some crocodilian ancestors did…

Untangling the social lives of spiders

The idea of a complex spider society—in which thousands of spiders live, hunt, and raise their…