Scientists confirm July set new global heat record

July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, the latest in…

Data assimilation method offers improved hurricane forecasting

Operational models for severe weather forecasting predicted Hurricane Harvey would become a Category 1 hurricane in…

New industrial revolution sparked by technology gives power to service, retail, wholesale industries

The United States is experiencing a new type of industrial revolution, one in which businesses outside…

Warmer winters are changing the makeup of water in Black Sea

Warmer winters are starting to alter the structure of the Black Sea, which could foreshadow how…

New research could provide better food and faster analysis of blood tests

Gas chromatography is a method of analysis that most people have experienced at one time or…

Enriched environment in aquaculture enhances the survival of fish from bacterial disease

A cooperative study conducted by University of Jyväskylä and Natural Resources institute Finland (Luke), revealed that…

Moon glows brighter than sun in images from NASA's Fermi

If our eyes could see high-energy radiation called gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than…

Discovery could pave the way for disease-resistant rice crops

Researchers have uncovered an unusual protein activity in rice that can be exploited to give crops…

Conceptual design ready for PLATO telescope simulator

SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research designs and builds a space simulator to test and calibrate…

Total annihilation for supermassive stars

A renegade star exploding in a distant galaxy has forced astronomers to set aside decades of…