Domestic violence and gun sales in the time of COVID-19

The stay-at-home orders across the United States and in many places worldwide are intended to prevent…

New photon-counting camera captures 3-D images with record speed and resolution

Researchers have developed the first megapixel photon-counting camera based on new-generation image sensor technology that uses…

Researchers discover a six-planet system with near 3:2 resonance

Almost visible to the naked eye in the Draco constellation, the star HD 158259 has been…

Plastic use in pandemic contributing to global waste problem, says expert

The global demand for certain plastics has grown during the coronavirus pandemic while recycling efforts have…

Eradicating the COVID-19 coronavirus is also the best economic strategy

Less than a month after restrictions first took effect, Australia appears to have contained the spread…

CHEOPS space telescope ready for scientific operation

CHEOPS has reached its next milestone: Following extensive tests in Earth’s orbit, some of which the…

Scientists find a rule to predict new superconducting metal hydrides

The search for coveted high-temperature superconductors is going to get easier with a new ‘law within…

NASA data aids ozone hole's journey to recovery

On Sept. 16, 1987, policymakers and scientists from around the world gathered at the International Civil…

The pandemic through the eyes of social scientists

The corona crisis relates to not only the medical field but also the field of the…

How screen-based technologies are impacting school students

The first in a series of Growing Up Digital Australia reports by the Gonski Institute for…