BSNIP project releases spectra of more than 200 Type Ia supernovae

The Berkeley Supernova Ia Program (BSNIP) has released a dataset containing over 600 spectra of 242…

Forest thinning is controversial, but it shouldn't be ruled out for managing bushfires

Calls from industry and unions for increased thinning in forests to reduce bushfire risks have been…

Addressing global warming with new nanoparticles and sunshine

Harvesting sunlight, researchers of the Center for Integrated Nanostructure Physics, within the Institute for Basic Science…

Jumbo undertaking: Elephant milk under the microscope

On a recent sunny day at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, a team of specialized…

Chemists find fungal shrapnel in the air

In a discovery that has implications for our understanding of the air we breathe, UCI chemists…

A brain transplant for one of Australia's top telescopes

One of Australia’s top telescopes will receive an A$2.6 million upgrade to help extend its three-decade…

Study further implicates poultry processing in coastal pollution

Excess nitrogen is a major threat to water quality in coastal waters worldwide. Found in treated…

Exercise is good for your skin: A protein mimics some antiaging effects in mice

If I cut myself while chopping vegetables, the cells in my skin would repair the damaged…

First results from the Dark Energy Survey

The Dark Energy Survey (DES) program uses the patterns of cosmic structure as seen in the…

ESA opens oxygen plant, making air out of moondust

ESA’s technical heart has begun to produce oxygen out of simulated moondust. Click here…