A mysterious type of iron-rich magma entombed within extinct volcanoes is likely abundant with rare earth elements and could offer a new way to source these in-demand metals, according to new research from The Australian National University (ANU) and the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Rare earth elements are found in smartphones, flat … Read more
People secure their boats ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Helene in Cancun, Quintana Roo state, Mexico. The US state of Florida on Tuesday was preparing for the arrival of Storm Helene, due to make landfall later in the week as a powerful Category 3 hurricane. Helene, currently churning over the Caribbean with maximum sustained … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails A playful and pudgy baby hippopotamus in Thailand who loves splashing about in water and enjoys belly rubs from her … Read more
Seen atop pagodas, inside Buddhist ordination halls, and in royal palaces, the tiered umbrella is one of Thailand’s oldest and most sacred ornamental symbols. Constructing one of these ornate pieces, also called chatras, can take master artisans up to six months. In the Journal of Laser Applications, from AIP Publishing, researchers have demonstrated a technique … Read more
CTD rosette – a device equipped with sensors and bottles to collect water samples and measure different properties of the ocean at various depths. Credit: Dr Bob Brewin An “invisible forest” of phytoplankton is thriving in part of our warming ocean, new research shows. Phytoplankton are tiny drifting organisms that do about half of the … Read more
Where does our personal politics come from? Does it trace back to our childhood, the views that surround us, the circumstances we are raised in? Is it all about nurture – or does nature have a say through the subtle levers of DNA? And where, in all of this, is the brain? Scientists have delved … Read more
For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails After a season of dazzling and passionate performances, America’s Got Talent has crowned its winner for season 19. Warning: spoilers … Read more
The lifeblood of any battery is the electrolyte. It is the medium through which positively charged elements (cations) migrate en masse between the positive and negative electrodes. By this means, batteries discharge to provide energy and charge to store energy. Scientists call this an electrochemical process. Electrolytes are central to the development of different electrochemical … Read more
The value chain for high-impact weather warnings, with each of the six stages listed above the mountains. Adapted from Tan et al. (2022). Credit: Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (2024). DOI: 10.1175/BAMS-D-23-0273.1 Sixteen years to the day that Hurricane Katrina devastated Louisiana, Ida slammed into the Gulf Coast state’s seaport town of Port Fourchon … Read more
Scientists in the Philippines have created a new variety of rice that could help reduce the growing burden of diabetes. More than 537 million adults worldwide are living with the chronic disease – a number that is expected to grow to 783 million by 2045. Being overweight, genetics and a lack of exercise contribute to … Read more
