Chemical evidence of dairying by hunter-gatherers in Lesotho in the first millennium AD
After analysing organic residues from ancient pots, a team of scientists led by the University of Bristol has uncovered new evidence of dairying by...
What fluid dynamics can explain about COVID-19 spread—and how to protect yourself
Public health advice for avoiding respiratory illness is largely unchanged since the Spanish flu of 1918, one of history's deadliest pandemics. Keep a safe...
New evidence shows giant meteorite impacts formed parts of the Moon’s crust
New research published today in the journal Nature Astronomy reveals a type of destructive event most often associated with disaster movies and dinosaur extinction may have...
Scientists reveal new insights of exploding massive stars and future gravitational wave detectors
In a study recently published in the Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society, Dr. Jade Powell and Dr. Bernhard Mueller from the ARC Centre...
Electrical activity in living organisms mirrors electrical fields in atmosphere
Most electrical activity in vertebrates and invertebrates occurs at extremely low frequencies, and the origin—and medical potential—of these frequencies have eluded scientists. Now a...
New ultrafast camera takes 70 trillion pictures per second
Just about everyone has had the experience of blinking while having their picture taken. The camera clicks, your eyes shut, and by the time...
Will our clean air last after COVID-19? Study says it’s possible
Since millions of Californians began staying at home and off the roads in March, air quality in the Golden State has visibly improved. Once...
Life might survive, and thrive, in a hydrogen world: study
As new and more powerful telescopes blink on in the next few years, astronomers will be able to aim the megascopes at nearby exoplanets,...
Study: Could dark matter be hiding in existing data?
Dark matter has so far defied every type of detector designed to find it. Because of its huge gravitational footprint in space, we know...
Scholes finds novel magnetic field effect in diamagnetic molecules
The Princeton University Department of Chemistry publishes research this week proving that an applied magnetic field will interact with the electronic structure of weakly-magnetic,...
Intensive farming increases risk of epidemics, warn scientists
Overuse of antibiotics, high animal numbers and low genetic diversity caused by intensive farming techniques increase the likelihood of pathogens becoming a major public...
