Study corroborates the influence of planetary tidal forces on solar activity

One of the big questions in solar physics is why the sun’s activity follows a regular…

Giant planets and comets battling in the circumstellar disk around HD 163296

In a study appearing today in the Astrophysical Journal, an INAF-lead team of researchers explored whether…

Threatened beetles benefit from forest thinning

Wood-living beetles that use oak trees are a species-rich and threatened animal group in modern forestry…

We finally understand how oxygen reacts on platinum

Platinum is a widely used catalyst, but its precise mechanism largely remains a mystery to scientists.…

New technique for studying rusting of steel benefits mining industry

University of Saskatchewan (USask) Ph.D. student Arthur Situm has developed a new non-invasive technique to study…

NEAT tests megawatt-scale electric aircraft power systems

To help usher in the next revolution in aviation— hybrid electric and turboelectric aircraft – NASA…

Resurvey of mountains depicted in Tableau Physique reveal errors, impact of climate change

A team of researchers from Toulouse University, Pontificia Universidad and CNRS, Université de Montpellier, has conducted…

Last male Sumatran rhino in Malaysia dies

The future of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino has been struck a blow, with the death…

New model predicts changes in wood

Wood is a living material that changes with varying temperatures and humidity. Sabina Huč, a former…

German prosecutors raid Porsche in corruption probe

Prosecutors in Stuttgart said they raided German sports car maker and Volkswagen subsidiary Porsche on Tuesday…