Researchers unravel process for the formation of rainstorms
So-called 'convective' clouds are formed when there is a significant warming of the surface and a sufficient amount of moisture.Credit: J. O. Haerter
Violent thunderstorms...
Super cement’s secret
Electron anions (center green blob) pair up in the center of molecular cages and lower the temperature at which glass forms in C12A7 electride.Credit:...
Ancient dental plaque sheds new light on the diet of Mesolithic foragers in the...
Recovery of human remains at Vlasac, Serbia.Credit: Dušan Boric
The study of dental calculus from Late Mesolithic individuals from the site of Vlasac in the...
Amputees’ brains remember missing hands even years later
This is a hand showing the colours used in the brain maps: 1-5: thumb (red); index (yellow); middle (green); ring (blue) and little finger...
Proxima b is in host star’s habitable zone, but could it really be habitable?
Artist's impression of the planet orbiting the red dwarf star Proxima Centauri.Credit: ESO
The world's attention is now on Proxima Centauri b, a possibly Earth-like...
Researchers discover machines can learn by simply observing, without being told what to look...
It is now possible for machines to learn how natural or artificial systems work by simply observing them, without being told what to look...
People enhanced the environment, not degraded it, over past 13,000 years
New research shows that 13,000 years of repeated human occupation by British Columbia's coastal First Nations has enhanced temperate rainforest productivity. Credit: Will McInnes/Hakai...
Poof! The weird case of the X-ray that came out blank
An illustration shows what happens in a typical experiment with SLAC’s LCLS X-ray laser, top, versus what happened in this study with an especially...
Swelling obesity rates may be tied to childhood antibiotic use
As the threat of drug-resistant superbugs spreads, researchers are concerned that the overuse of antibiotics may cause another, even larger public health problem: childhood...
Dogs understand both vocabulary and intonation of human speech
Trained dogs are around the fMRI scanner.Credit: Enik Kubinyi
Dogs have the ability to distinguish vocabulary words and the intonation of human speech through brain...
‘Anthropocene’: Potential new geological time interval
The Working Group on the 'Anthropocene' (AWG), which includes University of Leicester geologists, will provide its summary of evidence and its provisional recommendations on...
