Fires contained in hard-hit Australia state, but now floods threaten

All the blazes in Australia’s hard-hit state of New South Wales have been brought under control,…

Images: The two halves of Mars' whole

Mars is very much a world of two halves, as this new image from ESA’s Mars…

For bacteria, your community determines whether you evolve or not

A study of puddles has shown that bacteria evolve and adapt differently depending on the make-up…

Temporally shaping the electric field of an attosecond pulse

Chemical reactions are determined at their most fundamental level by their respective electronic structure and dynamics.…

Using digital cameras for basic health checks saves zoo animals from anesthetics

A pilot study undertaken by researchers from the University of South Australia at Adelaide Zoo, has…

Spitzer's View of the Tarantula Nebula

This image from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope shows the Tarantula Nebula in three wavelengths of infrared…

Transgender Americans are more likely to be unemployed and poor

The United States Supreme Court will issue a ruling this year in a landmark case that…

Bioengineers take step toward a patch that could mend a broken heart

Bioengineers from Trinity have developed a prototype patch that does the same job as crucial aspects…

Erupting Indonesian volcano spews ash, lava

Indonesia’s Mount Merapi, one of the world’s most active volcanoes, erupted Thursday as fiery red molten…

Better protection for critical pipelines during land movement

Researchers at the University of Technology Sydney (UTS) have developed a cost-effective and practical method to…