How climate change is affecting gardens

According to Dr. Dave Kendal from the University of Tasmania, in the next 50 years, 20-50%…

Quasi-periodic variability observed in two blazars

An international team of astronomers reports the detection of quasi-periodic variability in optical and gamma-ray light…

Solar Orbiter launch to the Sun

ESA’s Solar Orbiter mission takes a closer look at the Sun than any European satellite before.…

A cubesat deployed a de-orbiting tether and now it's losing altitude 24 times faster than before

A company called Tethers Unlimited has deployed its de-orbiting tether in a successful test on the…

Humans are good at thinking their way out of problems, but climate change is outfoxing us

There is growing evidence that Earth’s systems are heading towards climate “tipping points” beyond which change…

Climate crisis: How to make space for 2 billion trees on a crowded island like the UK

The UK’s official climate advisor, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), recently published a report outlining…

Student-designed 3-D-printed model of stadium helps police prepare for Super Bowl

Miami-Dade Police are preparing for Super Bowl LIV with a highly detailed 3-D-printed model of Hard…

Microswimmers swim faster over slippery surfaces

Tiny self-propelling spheres, measuring only micrometers, move faster over a hydrophobic silicone surface than they do…

Disease-aggravating mutation found in a mouse model of neonatal mitochondrial disease

The new mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) variant drastically speeds up the disease progression in a mouse model…

Scientists create sensors with traps for free radicals

Scientists of Tomsk Polytechnic University and partners from the Czech Republic and France have designed extremely…