Stars need a partner to spin universe's brightest explosions

When it comes to the biggest and brightest explosions seen in the Universe, University of Warwick…

Memory storage for super cold computing

Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have experimentally demonstrated a novel cryogenic,…

Arriving early in the breeding area is crucial for successful reproduction in non-migratory birds

In birds, timing of arrival in a breeding area influences who ends up breeding and who…

Researchers report brief treatment window for controlling aggressive bacteria

Every year in the United States, more than 35,000 people die and 2.8 million get sick…

NOAA finds new liquified natural gas pipeline in Oregon will not jeopardize species

NOAA Fisheries has issued a final biological opinion on construction and operation of the Jordan Cove…

Accelerated speed of discovery could lead to more effective smoking cessation aids

As smokers know all too well, nicotine is highly addictive. It’s hard to quit smoking, a…

Hyperuniform disordered waveguides and devices for near infrared silicon photonics

In a new report published on Scientific Reports, Milan M. Milošević and an international research team…

Rippling ice and storms at Mars' north pole

ESA’s Mars Express has captured beautiful images of the icy cap sitting at Mars’ north pole,…

Virtual Telescope Project confirms 2020 AV2— the first asteroid found to move entirely inside the orbit of Venus

Gianluca Masi, an astrophysicist working on the Virtual Telescope Project,which he founded, has announced the confirmation…

Another state change of the variable gamma-ray pulsar PSR J2021+4026 observed by astronomers

Using NASA’s Fermi telescope, astronomers have detected a state change of the gamma-ray emission and spin-down…