Tiny Water Droplets: Solution to Plastic Waste Crisis?
A new way of converting stubborn plastic waste into high-value chemicals using only water and oxygen, has been…
In November 1957, a stray dog from Moscow’s streets was strapped into Sputnik 2 and launched into orbit in a capsule never designed to come home — and Soviet officials claimed for 45 years that Laika had died painlessly after several days, until a scientist admitted in 2002 she had died within hours when the thermal control failed.
On 3 November 1957, a small mongrel dog named Laika lay strapped inside a pressurised capsule roughly the…
Spiral Arms and Bars are Galactic Fuel Pumps for Star Formation
Peak star formation took place during the Cosmic Noon between two to three billion years after the Big…
Experts have recreated the Universe’s first liquid – and it’s unlike anything on Earth
Long before Earth formed, the Universe was awash with liquid. In the first second after the Big Bang,…
Pacific Ocean meltwater poses unexpected threat to AMOC
Melting icebergs from the North Pacific Ocean can weaken a massive ocean current system in the Atlantic, according…
The 10 best places in the UK to see the partial solar eclipse on Aug. 12
On Aug. 12, 2026, skywatchers across the U.K. will experience a rare astronomical double-header: a deep partial solar…
Quantum statistical plasmonic metacrystals | Nature
The modern world has been shaped by semiconductor technologies, grounded in the intrinsic band structures of materials and…
Hayabusa2’s Next Target Is A Tiny 11 Meter Asteroid
Launched in 2014, Japan’s Hayabusa2 spacecraft completed its primary asteroid sample return mission all the way back in…
Water shortages hit Mayo village
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Tiny space debris threatens Earth’s busiest satellite highway
Tiny pieces of space debris, some just 2 inches (5 centimeters) across, have been hiding undetected in one…
Scientists Discover a 5-Million-Year-Old Whale Graveyard Deep Beneath the Indian Ocean
Deep beneath the Indian Ocean, researchers found an ancient whale graveyard filled with fossils and active ecosystems. Credit:…
Scientists solve mystery of how seals hear in air and underwater
Seals are the only mammals capable of hearing equally well in both air and water. Now, after decades…