Mathematicians develop new theory to explain real-world randomness
Brownian motion describes the random movement of particles in fluids, however, this revolutionary model only works when a fluid is static, or at equilibrium.
In...
On the origin of massive stars
This scene of stellar creation, captured by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, sits near the outskirts of the famous Tarantula Nebula. This cloud of...
Researchers engineer the world’s first aerogels made from scrap tires
A team of NUS researchers has achieved a major technological breakthrough by converting waste rubber tires into super-light aerogels that have a wide range...
Birds are the ‘canaries in the climate-change coal mine’
A bird study led by the Australian National University (ANU) provides new understanding of the ways birds and mammals respond to a rapidly warming...
Comparisons of organic and conventional agriculture need improvement, say researchers
The environmental effects of agriculture and food are hotly debated. But the most widely used method of analysis often tends to overlook vital factors...
Common anti-parasite treatments used on cattle have devastating impacts on wildlife
Experts have stressed an urgent need to find alternatives to wormers and anti-ectoparasitic products used widely on cattle, following the findings of a study...
One of Darwin’s evolution theories finally proved by Cambridge researcher
Scientists have proved one of Charles Darwin's theories of evolution for the first time—nearly 140 years after his death.
Laura van Holstein, a Ph.D. student...
Urban land could grow fruit and veg for 15 per cent of the population,...
Growing fruit and vegetables in just 10 per cent of a city's gardens and other urban green spaces could provide 15 per cent of...
Physicists propose new filter for blocking high-pitched sounds
Need to reduce high-pitched noises? Science may have an answer.
In a new study, theoretical physicists report that materials made from tapered chains of spherical...
The life and death of one of America’s most mysterious trees
A majestic ponderosa pine, standing tall in what is widely thought to have been the "center of the world" for the Ancestral Puebloan people,...
Composing new proteins with artificial intelligence
Proteins are the building blocks of life, and consequently, scientists have long studied how they can improve proteins and design completely new proteins that...
