Insurance industry CEO pay tied more closely to firm performance since financial crisis

Compensation packages for insurance industry CEOs changed in the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, with…

A spin wave detective story: Researchers verify surprising behavior in a 2-D magnet

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have discovered a surprising feature in…

Fungal pathogens tap human iron stores to survive immunity

Candida species, the most prevalent opportunistic human fungal pathogens, affect severely immunocompromized individuals, and can cause…

Meet the ESA experts – Future Moon exploration

Though it has been fifty years since humans first stepped on the Moon, we haven’t forgotten…

Meet the ESA experts – Living on the Moon

The Apollo Mission proved humans can work on the lunar surface but the longest lunar spacewalk…

Meet the ESA experts – 3D Printing on the Moon

We can 3D print just about anything these days, from tools and buildings to cells and…

Various variability phenomena observed in the binary star DQ Tau

Hungarian astronomers have observed a pre-main sequence (PMS) binary star known as DQ Tau using a…

Meet the ESA experts – Resources on the Moon

It’s common knowledge that the Moon is a cratered ball of rock. Stunning as it is…

Walking the wire: Real-time imaging helps reveal active sites of photocatalysts

Nanoscale photocatalysts are small, man-made particles that harvest energy from sunlight to produce liquid fuels and…

Perth Pictish find offers glimpse into Scotland's warrior past

Archaeologists have carefully recreated images of a figure on a Pictish stone, discovered during the construction…