The language of rugby inspires world-first study

Rugby union may have one sporting code but Stuart Benson says it has many technical terms…

Globular cluster Terzan 9 investigated with MUSE

Using the Multi Unit Spectroscopic Explorer (MUSE), an international team of astronomers has investigated Terzan 9—one…

Catholic women reveal all about their sex lives in new book

A book authored by a lecturer at Queen Mary University of London tells a radical new…

AI reveals nature of RNA-protein interactions

A new computational tool developed by KAUST scientists uses artificial intelligence (AI) to infer the RNA-binding…

The use of sugarcane straw for bioenergy is an opportunity, but there are pros and cons

The use of sugarcane leaves, known as trash or straw, to produce electricity and second-generation (2G)…

Parasite manipulates algal metabolism for its own benefit

Microalgae can form massive assemblages in oceans, attracting many opportunistic organisms; these are capable of eliminating…

Southern California's Getty fire continues to burn

NASA’s Terra satellite using the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instrument aboard captured this image of…

Astronomers discover ghosts of supernovas in nearby galaxy

Researchers from the University of Manchester, with international colleagues, have carried out a survey of a…

Researchers build a biomimetic 'soft cannon' to understand how fungal spores are dispersed

A team of researchers from the Technical University of Denmark, the University of Copenhagen and Wageningen…

Surface functionalized microcavity boosts nonlinear optics

Silica optical microcavities are mainstay photonic devices, valued for their intrinsically ultra-low loss in the broadband…