Old males vital to elephant societies

Old male elephants play a key role in leading all-male groups, new research suggests. …

NASA's Terra Satellite provides clear picture of wind shear battering Omar

NASA’s Terra satellite provided a visible image that showed Tropical Storm Omar had weakened to a…

Autonomous robot plays with NanoLEGO

Molecules are the building blocks of everyday life. Many materials are composed of them, a little…

Nanoscale engines far colder than even deepest outer space

The theory of thermodynamics, commonly associated with the steam engines of the 19th century, is a…

True size of prehistoric mega-shark finally revealed

To date only the length of the legendary giant shark Megalodon had been estimated but now,…

The ALICE TPC is upgraded

“One more centimeter,” said the chief technician, while operating the hydraulic jack system on 14 August.…

20% less water in Murray-Darling rivers than expected under Basin Plan

The Wentworth Group of Concerned Scientists have published a report that shows 20 percent of river…

The music app that helps school children play in socially distanced orchestras

A team of musicians, composers, technologists and performers at the University of Sussex have developed an…

Policymakers should pre-plan for earthquake cordon use

Otago researchers examining the impacts of post-earthquake cordons on residents and businesses say policy makers should…

Scientists discover new rules about 'runaway' transcription

On the evolutionary tree, humans diverged from yeast roughly 1 billion years ago. By comparison, two…