Understanding bushfire-triggered thunderstorms may save lives

Researchers say a better understanding of the dangerous yet surprisingly common phenomenon of wildfires triggering supercell…

Student researchers make dismaying microplastics find in the Arctic Ocean

Aboard the Icebreaker Oden, a Swedish vessel on an Artic expedition, a multidisciplinary group of scientists,…

Making computers and smartphones more energy efficient with novel tiny structures

With enhanced properties such as greater strength, lighter weight, increased electrical conductivity and chemical reactivity, nanomaterials…

Power dressing: Electricity-generating, stretchy, self-mending materials for wearables

Wearable electronics could be perpetually powered by stretchy, self-mending materials that use body heat to generate…

Task force: Changes needed to increase African American physics and astronomy students

Due to long-term and systemic issues leading to the consistent exclusion of African Americans in physics…

Astronomers spot distant galaxy group driving ancient cosmic makeover

An international team of astronomers funded in part by NASA has found the farthest galaxy group…

The turbulent life of two supermassive black holes caught in a galaxy crash

An international team of astronomers used the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA) to create the most…

Bushfires have reshaped life on Earth before—they could do it again

The catastrophic bushfires raging across much of Australia have not only taken a huge human and…

Flying observatory maps the Milky Way

A new panoramic image based on data captured by NASA’s Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy (SOFIA)…

Rethinking climate modelling to prepare for even hotter temperatures

Improper adoption of climate impact modeling could leave us ill prepared for even higher temperatures and…