A new international study led by Monash University has described for the first time what may have triggered the birth of Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in Hawaii. Located along the south … [+2048 chars]
Scientists involved in the ALICE collaboration at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN have reported an experimental observation of the dead-cone effect, which arises during the high energy collisions o… [+3888 chars]
Biological arms races are commonplace in nature. Cheetahs, for example, have evolved a sleek body form that lends itself to rapid running, enabling them to feast upon similarly speedy gazelles, the f… [+9702 chars]
The brilliant blue of the Hope Diamond is caused by small impurities in its crystal structure. Similar diamond impurities are also giving hope to scientists looking to create materials that can be us… [+4884 chars]
The May 2022 Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse shines with the aurora above the South Pole Telescope in Antarctica on May 15, 2022 in this photo by astronomer Aman Chokshi. (Image credit: Aman Ch… [+2802 chars]
Several years ago, researchers discovered burn marks on fossilised egg shells, leading scientists to believe that early Australians cooked and ate the eggs of giant flightless birds that roamed the c… [+4278 chars]
Birds that hunt their prey during the night need special adaptations in order to allow them to see in low light conditions and to judge the distance to obstacles in their flight path as well as the d… [+6175 chars]
In a study published in the journal ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, a mix of chemistry, nanomaterials, and artificial intelligence (AI) was used to produce a straightforward yet cryptographic… [+5568 chars]
Soil in Space On Earth, complex communities of microorganisms carry out key functions in soil, including cycling of carbon and other nutrients and supporting plant growth. DynaMoS examines how micro… [+4300 chars]
The two most cited psychologists are Sigmund Fraud and Jean Piaget. Piaget pioneered the study of intellectual development in children. Coming in third is Hans Eysenck who died in 1997 at age 81. He … [+517 chars]
A Russian-Belorussian research team has developed a new tungsten oxidebased gas sensing material that shows high sensitivity to carbon monoxide, nitrogen dioxide and acetone. The new material's gas s… [+2498 chars]
On this week's episode of Quirks & Quarks with Bob McDonald This salamander is an unlikely but agile, aerial amphibian Amphibians are not supposed to live in the treetops or jump from those tre… [+3387 chars]
