New Research Suggests That A Neutrino Laser Is Impossible
As cool as it would have been to wield lasers that produce a beam of neutrinos, recently two…
Inside Scotland’s wildcat HQ – ‘It’s like Big Brother for cats’
Scottish Land and Estates has been supportive of the Scottish Wildcat Conservation Action Plan. Several estates have been…
The IGF2BP3/circDock1/TCF21 axis relieves chronic cerebral ischemic injury by regulating neuronal ferroptosis
Ferroptosis, a form of cell death driven by iron and lipid damage, exacerbates brain injury during chronic cerebral…
WMO bulletin shows successes and challenges in ozone layer recovery
UV radiation About 90% of atmospheric ozone resides in the upper-level stratosphere. If all this ozone were brought…
An Epic View of the Seasons
Most kids learn in elementary school that the seasons are caused by Earth rotating on a tilted axis…
Country diary: A little love at Larkrise has worked wonders for wildlife | Rewilding
At last, proper rain has greened the scorched pastures and washed shrivelled leaves and nut husks along the…
Nearly every silicon chip on Earth begins its life in a crucible of ultra-pure quartz, and almost all of that quartz comes from mines outside Spruce Pine, a North Carolina town of about 2,200 people, because almost no other deposit yet found is clean enough to melt semiconductor-grade silicon
The device you are reading this on contains a silicon chip. That chip almost certainly began its existence…
Farming industry says it ‘didn’t get a free ride’ with last-minute law changes
Federated Farmers board member Mark Hooper says his industry didn’t get everything it wanted out of the new…
A Rare, Distant Clump of Early Galaxies Reveals Ancient Cosmic Secrets
We live on a tiny world, embedded in a galaxy that is, itself, part of a vast, interconnected…
Scientists discover first new penguin species in more than 100 years
Antarctica’s four-foot-tall Emperor penguin may be the best-known member of the penguin family, but it is far from…
Core muscle activity rapidly regulates blood flow in the brain
Engaging core muscles – through movement, exercise, or even coughing – may be a key regulator of blood…
Amazon wants to help the Colorado River, but we still don’t know how much water the company uses
Amazon plans to spend $20 million on water conservation projects along the Colorado River, a crucial but dwindling…