Climate is warming faster than it has in the last 2,000 years

In contrast to pre-industrial climate fluctuations, current, anthropogenic climate change is occurring across the whole world…

Fastest eclipsing binary, a valuable target for gravitational wave studies

Observations made with a new instrument developed for use at the 2.1-meter telescope at the National…

Developing technologies that run on light

Researchers are designing a nanoscale photon diode — a necessary component that could bring us closer…

Scientists pinpoint new mechanism that impacts HIV infection

Scientists have published results of a study that pinpointed a long noncoding RNA molecule which influences…

Potential for 'unpacking' complex simultaneous emotions in adolescence

Shows for the first time that complex, mixed simultaneous emotions in adolescents could be assessed using…

Light pollution may be increasing West Nile virus spillover from wild birds

House sparrows infected with West Nile virus (WNV) that live in light polluted conditions remain infectious…

New telescope gives peek at the birth of the universe

The Square Kilometre Array (SKA) is set to become the largest radio telescope on Earth. Researchers…

How climate change disrupts plant-animal relationships

Plants rely on bees for pollination; bees need plants to supply nectar and pollen. Scientists have…

Fungal compound deodorizes skunk smell

Being sprayed by a skunk is no fun for people or their pets, and the strong,…

Monarch butterflies rely on temperature-sensitive internal timer while overwintering

The fact that millions of North American monarch butterflies fly thousands of miles each fall and…