This smattering of celestial sequins is a spiral galaxy named NGC 4455, located in the northern…
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Glitch detected in the pulsar PSR J0908−4913
Using the Molonglo Observatory Synthesis Telescope (MOST), astronomers have detected a glitch in the radio pulsar…
Communities can combat racism, hate and extremism with education
Late one afternoon this past summer, after leaving my Winnipeg office, I came across a poster…
Top UK bosses earn annual average wage in days: research
By the end of Monday Britain’s highest-paid bosses will have already pocketed the amount of money…
Understanding bushfire-triggered thunderstorms may save lives
Researchers say a better understanding of the dangerous yet surprisingly common phenomenon of wildfires triggering supercell…
Student researchers make dismaying microplastics find in the Arctic Ocean
Aboard the Icebreaker Oden, a Swedish vessel on an Artic expedition, a multidisciplinary group of scientists,…
Making computers and smartphones more energy efficient with novel tiny structures
With enhanced properties such as greater strength, lighter weight, increased electrical conductivity and chemical reactivity, nanomaterials…
Power dressing: Electricity-generating, stretchy, self-mending materials for wearables
Wearable electronics could be perpetually powered by stretchy, self-mending materials that use body heat to generate…
Task force: Changes needed to increase African American physics and astronomy students
Due to long-term and systemic issues leading to the consistent exclusion of African Americans in physics…
Astronomers spot distant galaxy group driving ancient cosmic makeover
An international team of astronomers funded in part by NASA has found the farthest galaxy group…