A pair of researchers, one with Manly Astrophysics, the other with Universidad de Murcia, has proposed the existence of a new type of neutron star. In their paper published in the journal Physical Re… [+2490 chars]
In arid Western states, the climate is growing warmer and drier, leading to increased demand for water resources from humans and ecosystems. Now, the atmosphere across much of the U.S. is also demand… [+3758 chars]
Physicists in Finland have created a pumpkin-shaped atomic nucleus that throws off protons in a rare kind of radioactive decay. The nucleus, lutetium-149, has the shortest half-life of any of a gro… [+2328 chars]
April is the cruellest month, wrote TS Eliot in his poem The Waste Land. This is not only because the UK tax year begins this week, but also because the centennial of one of the twentieth centurys mo… [+2173 chars]
A new, elegant equation allows scientists to easily compute the quantum information lifetime of 12,000 different materials. Scientists have uncovered a mathematical shortcut for calculating an all-i… [+4785 chars]
It's dawn on December 25, 2021. Your finger is hovering, shakily, over the ultimate button. You're about to launch a $10-billion space telescope called the James Webb Space Telescope on its journey … [+6301 chars]
Stephen Hawking, one of the most prominent physicists in our world today has expressed his concerns about extraterrestrial intelligence. However, a group at University College London is not deterred … [+4885 chars]
Ground-breaking research into the hot structures deep in the Earth suggest they could be much more fluid than once supposed. An article published this week by the prestigious journal, Nature, shows … [+2748 chars]
The four astronauts of SpaceX's Crew-4 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) will have to cool their heels here on Earth for at least one extra day. The launch of Crew-4 had been schedule… [+2433 chars]
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – The next generation of catalytic converters could have longer lifetimes and need fewer rare materials to operate, a new study suggests. Catalytic converters turn harmful … [+4102 chars]
We often think of NASA as an agency that looks outward into space, but its the agencys position in space that makes it such a powerful tool for observing the Earth itself. Today NASA announced the re… [+3173 chars]
A dry Nevada landscape. New research led by DRI scientists shows that atmospheric thirst is a persistent force in pushing Western landscapes and water supplies toward drought. Credit: Riccardo Panell… [+4792 chars]