New calcium material functions as an ammonia synthesis catalyst

Researchers find calcium outshines chromium in the catalytic production of ammonia. Working together, a humble trio…

Longest time-lapse footage of an exoplanet to date assembled from real data

A Northwestern University astrophysicist has created the longest time-lapse video of an exoplanet to date. …

Could this supermassive black hole only have formed by direct collapse?

Nearly every galaxy in the universe contains a supermassive black hole. Even galaxies that are billions…

Tipster betting on Australian rules football may encourage people to take gambling seriously

Winning at the annual AFL tipping competition is a lot of fun at work or the…

Researchers state extra care is needed when using artificial habitat structures for wildlife conservation

Building artificial habitat structures for wildlife comes with risks and rewards, according to new research out…

Understanding environment use key to protection of hoiho

Researchers hope a study into how hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin) foraging grounds overlap with commercial fisheries and…

What do a jellyfish, a cat, a snake, and an astronaut have in common? Math.

Across the animal kingdom there are creatures that move through their environments not by walking or…

Calculations predict surprising quark diffusion in hot nuclear matter

Scientists can use powerful colliders to smash atomic nuclei together to create a quark-gluon plasma (QGP).…

Evolutionary forces shape the human skeleton

Genetic kinship analyses of human bones reach their limits if the DNA is poorly preserved or…

Recovery of biodiversity in rivers across Europe is slowing down, study finds

The study, led by the Senckenberg Institute and published in the journal Nature, examined invertebrate biodiversity…