science
Scientists brew lava and blow it up to better understand volcanoes
What happens when lava and water meet? Explosive experiments with manmade lava are helping to answer this important question.
By cooking up 10-gallon batches of...
South African skeleton shows humans learned to walk upright in the...
The analysis of the world's most complete skeleton of an early human ancestor, conducted by a research collaboration involving the University of Liverpool, offers...
Harnessing the power of ‘spin orbit’ coupling in silicon: Scaling up...
Australian scientists have investigated new directions to scale up qubits—utilising the spin-orbit coupling of atom qubits—adding a new suite of tools to the armory.
Spin-orbit...
Engineers repurpose wasp venom as an antibiotic drug
The venom of insects such as wasps and bees is full of compounds that can kill bacteria. Unfortunately, many of these compounds are also...
Engineers repurpose wasp venom as an antibiotic drug
The venom of insects such as wasps and bees is full of compounds that can kill bacteria. Unfortunately, many of these compounds are also...
Focusing on the negative is good when it comes to batteries
Imagine not having to charge your phone or laptop for weeks. That is the dream of researchers looking into alternative batteries that go beyond...
An exoplanet inflated like a balloon
Although helium is a rare element on Earth, it is ubiquitous in the Universe. It is, after hydrogen, the main component of stars and...
An ancient strain of plague may have led to the decline...
A team of researchers from France, Sweden, and Denmark have identified a new strain of Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, in DNA...
Greenland ice loss quickening
Using a 25-year record of ESA satellite data, recent research shows that the pace at which Greenland is losing ice is getting faster.
The research,...
Atoms stand in for electrons in system for probing high-temperature superconductors
High-temperature superconductors have the potential to transform everything from electricity transmission and power generation to transportation.
The materials, in which electron pairs travel without friction—meaning...
Two-dimensional materials skip the energy barrier by growing one row at...
A new collaborative study led by a research team at the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, University of California, Los Angeles and...
