Newly described fossil whale represents intermediate stage between foot-powered and tail-powered swimming

A newly described fossil whale represents a new species and an important step in the evolution…

New research pinpoints which of the world's trees are climate-ready

Botanists from Trinity College Dublin have discovered that “penny-pinching” evergreen species such as Christmas favourites, holly…

Mountain goats' air conditioning is failing, study says

A new study in the journal PLOS One says Glacier National Park’s iconic mountain goats are…

Virtual reality and drones help to predict and protect koala habitat

QUT researchers have used a combination of virtual reality (VR), aerial thermal-imaging and ground surveys to…

Single-cell analysis of the earliest cell fate decisions in development

Researchers at the Babraham Institute, EMBL’s European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI), CRUK Cambridge Institute and the Wellcome—MRC…

Scrubbing carbon dioxide from smokestacks for cleaner industrial emissions

An international team co-led by an Oregon State University chemistry researcher has uncovered a better way…

Heat energy leaps through empty space, thanks to quantum weirdness

If you use a vacuum-insulated thermos to help keep your coffee hot, you may know it’s…

Cheers! Maxwell's electromagnetism extended to smaller scales

On Dec. 11, 2019, a general framework for incorporating and correcting for nonclassical electromagnetic phenomena in…

Revealing the Physics of the Sun with Parker Solar Probe

Nearly a year and a half into its mission, Parker Solar Probe has returned gigabytes of…

How to find Andromeda – a spiral galaxy you can see with the naked eye

Amazingly, it is possible to see the spiral arms of Andromeda, our nearest galaxy 2.5 million…