Lorenzo now a more organized and powerful hurricane on NASA satellite imagery

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite provided a full visible image of a strengthening Hurricane Lorenzo in the…

The global phosphorus crisis

Phosphorus is an essential resource for the world’s food production. Yet, no international institutions govern the…

Viruses as modulators of interactions in marine ecosystems

The Oceans not only host large predators such as sharks or orcas. Even in the realm…

Interactive avatar boosts performance of children with ADHD

A new study has shown that an interactive avatar, which gives both instructions and feedback on…

Gendered play in hunter-gatherer children strongly influenced by community demographics

The gendered play of children from 2 hunter-gatherer societies is strongly influenced by the demographics of…

Compute at the speed of light

A new way to achieve integrated photonics — a new device has been developed that could…

IARU Region 2 Emergency Communications Workshop Set

An emergency communications workshop will be held on October 3 in Lima, Peru, following the 20th…

Music is essential for the transmission of ethnobiological knowledge

Music has been a long-standing focus of scientific inquiry. For instance, since the 1850s, the evolutionary…

Researchers observe exotic radioactive decay process

Researchers from the National Superconducting Cyclotron Laboratory (NSCL) at Michigan State University (MSU) and TRIUMF (Canada’s…

Predicting a hurricane's intensity can prove difficult

Rapid intensification is a serious challenge for the prediction of hurricane intensity. An example is Hurricane…