Isolated by mountains along the East African Rift is Lake Tanganyika. More than 400 miles long, it is the continent’s...
Electrons oscillate around the nucleus of an atom on extremely short timescales, typically completing a cycle in just a few...
In a succession of studies published this week and last month in the journals PeerJ and Zootaxa, researchers at Hawai’i...
In the race to reduce climate-warming carbon emissions, the buildings sector is falling behind. While carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in...
About 740,000 suicides are reported annually: that’s one death on average every 43 seconds, one of the many disturbing findings...
It has puzzled scientists for years whether and how bacteria, that live from dissolved organic matter in marine waters, can...
For decades, scientists have sought ways to counter our dependence on lithium-ion batteries. These traditional, rechargeable batteries energize today’s most...
Using early data from the Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument (DESI), a team of scientists have compiled the largest sample ever...
As the carriers of the weak force, the W and Z bosons are central to the Standard Model of particle...
Humans have appreciated the beauty of flowers for centuries. Yet, flowers aren’t just aesthetically pleasing. They also play a crucial...
The rise in human life expectancy has slowed down across Europe since 2011, according to research from the University of...
A recent breakthrough in photothermal actuator design has been achieved by a research team from the Hefei Institutes of Physical...
