Simulations depicting the potential solar physics science that the Artemis-enabled Stellar Imager (AeSI) on the moon could accomplish. Credit: Rau et al. (2024) Ground-based interferometry on Earth has proven to be a successful method for conducting science by combining light from several telescopes into acting like a single large telescope. But how can an ultraviolet … Read more
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Women living with chronic pain face medical gender bias and high levels of discrimination in the workplace, according to new research highlighted in a joint submission by the University of Melbourne and Western Sydney University to the Victorian Inquiry into Women’s Pain. Between 2023 and 2024, University of Melbourne and Western … Read more
Artist’s vision of a cold super-Jupiter in the HD 118203 system. It is an extremely massive gas planet orbiting its star in an orbit six times that of Earth. Astronomers believe it has very low temperatures. Credit: UMK Astronomers from the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Torun have discovered a new planet in the constellation of … Read more
Old-growth tropical forest at Maliau Basin Conservation Area in Sabah, Malaysian Borneo. Credit: Maria Mills. Tree stems in tropical forests recovering from logging produce carbon dioxide at a greater rate than those in unlogged forests, according to a new study from the University of Leicester. With fewer surrounding trees to compete with, the tree stems … Read more
Scanning electron-microscopy image of human platelets prior to launch to the International Space Station. Credit: University of Utah/Megakaryocytes PI Team NASA astronaut Nick Hague and Roscosmos cosmonaut Aleksandr Gorbunov are headed to the International Space Station for the agency’s SpaceX Crew-9 mission in September. Once on station, these crew members will support scientific investigations that … Read more
Structure of MMF-VCSEL. Credit: Sensors (2024). DOI: 10.3390/s24144700 A study led by researchers from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences revealed a novel metal-dielectric film mode filter structure that can flexibly regulate transverse modes in vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSELs), which demonstrates the potential of metal apertures … Read more
Landslide-affected slopes around Barry Arm fjord, Alaska. If the slopes suddenly collapse, scientists fear a large tsunami would hit the town of Whittier, 48km away. Credit: Gabe Wolken / USGS Earthquake scientists detected an unusual signal on monitoring stations used to detect seismic activity during September 2023. We saw it on sensors everywhere, from the … Read more
Tropical forest in Martinique near the city of Fond St-Denis. Credit: Wikipedia Millions of years ago, the climate was much warmer and wetter than today. But exactly how much warmer and wetter? Our research shows that 26 million years ago, the average winter temperature in the UK and Ireland was more than 18°C, about the … Read more
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain New research published in Science shows that for some people who believe in conspiracy theories, a fact-based conversation with an artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot can “pull them out of the rabbit hole.” Better yet, it seems to keep them out for at least two months. This research, carried out by Thomas … Read more
This 2021 handout image released by Indonesia’s environment ministry shows one of two rare Javan rhino calves that were caught on video in Ujung Kulon National Park. This week, a billionaire made a spacewalk, archaeologists found a new, isolated Neanderthal lineage and the James Webb Space Telescope revealed the extreme outskirts of the Milky Way. … Read more
