The role of social support in intimate partner violence and economic hardship

The term intimate partner violence (IPV) is used to describe situations where a current or former…

Nuclear diagnostics help pave way to ignition on NIF inertial confinement fusion

At its peak, a NIF inertial confinement fusion (ICF) implosion lasts about 100 trillionths of a…

Pathways highlight Australian social housing's importance

Up to 10 percent of Australians have called social housing home at some point and it…

Air-dropping poisoned meat to kill bush predators hasn't worked in the past, and won't help now

After the summer’s devastating bushfires, the New South Wales government announced a plan to airdrop one…

Scientists long puzzled over plastic 'missing' from our oceans—but now it's been found

You’ve probably heard that our oceans have become a plastic soup. But in fact, of all…

COVID-19 pushes universities to switch to online classes—but are they ready?

In light of rising concerns about the spread of COVID-19 and calls to contain the virus,…

When the coronavirus gets tough, the tough get stockpiling

As the fear of the coronavirus spreads, consumers have been flocking to stores to stockpile emergency…

Rethinking a century of fluid flows

In 1922, English meteorologist Lewis Fry Richardson published Weather Prediction by Numerical Analysis. This influential work…

Liquid helium-free SRF cavities could make industrial applications practical

The building blocks of superconducting accelerators are superconducting radiofrequency (SRF) cavities made primarily from niobium that…

Extreme weather needs extreme action

Last year, droughts devastated staple food crops across the developing world, cutting production by about half…