What makes the Earth’s surface move?
Do tectonic plates move because of motion in the Earth's mantle, or is the mantle driven by the movement of the plates? Or could...
Putting the ‘bang’ in the Big Bang
As the Big Bang theory goes, somewhere around 13.8 billion years ago the universe exploded into being, as an infinitely small, compact fireball of...
Engineers develop a new way to remove carbon dioxide from air
A new way of removing carbon dioxide from a stream of air could provide a significant tool in the battle against climate change. The...
Advanced microscopy reveals unusual DNA structure
An advanced imaging technique reveals new structural details of S-DNA, ladder-like DNA that forms when the molecule experiences extreme tension. This work conducted at...
Abrupt shifts in Arctic climate projected
Researchers from McGill University project that as the permafrost continues to degrade, the climate in various regions of the Arctic could potentially change abruptly,...
300 million face annual coastline flooding by 2050: study
Coastal areas currently home to 300 million people will be vulnerable by 2050 to flooding made worse by climate change, no matter how aggressively...
Structured light promises path to faster, more secure communications
Structured light is a fancy way to describe patterns or pictures of light, but deservedly so as it promises future communications that will be...
Antarctic sea ice is key to triggering ice ages, study finds
We've known for years that Earth's climate is like a giant Rube Goldberg machine: Pull one lever, and a massive chain of events starts...
A new method of extracting hydrogen from water more efficiently to capture renewable energy
A new method of extracting hydrogen from water more efficiently could help underpin the capture of renewable energy in the form of sustainable fuel,...
Severe drought shuts down reproduction in copperhead snakes, study finds
A long-term study of copperhead snakes in a forest near Meriden, Connecticut, revealed that five consecutive years of drought effectively ended the snakes' reproductive...
New research finding gives valleytronics a boost
An international research team led by physicists at the University of California, Riverside, has revealed a new quantum process in valleytronics that can speed...