Record-breaking photodetector captures light in just 125 picoseconds
Electrical engineers at Duke University have created the fastest pyroelectric photodetector ever demonstrated, a device that detects light…
Moa Point wastewater plant replacement equipment not yet ordered, Wellington Water says
A blockage in the plant’s outfall pipe led to a backflow of sewage into the plant, shutting it…
SpaceX Starlink launch creates gorgeous ‘jellyfish’ in…
A rocket’s high-altitude plume is lit up in shades of blue and orange by the sun prior to…
Great white shark scare: Fears of apex predator in Banks Peninsula unfounded after tag washes ashore
Midge, a 2.8-metre female, was initially tagged near Stewart Island and travelled north through the Tasman Sea to…
Huge “islands” found inside Earth are 100 times taller than Everest
Scientists have discovered two continent-sized regions hidden deep within Earth’s mantle, referred to in a recent study as…
Scientists could soon use giant fire tornadoes to clean up our oceans
Offshore oil spills have caused some of the worst manmade disasters in history. And while adding a vortex…
Mars once had beaches like Earth! Radar data is revealing the buried shoreline |
Mars once had beaches like Earth (Image source: Canva) For decades, scientists have debated whether Mars once had…
From the only venomous primate to creatures that can kill you when they’re dead – meet 8 of the world’s weirdest deadly animals
Whether they inhabit the world’s oceans, jungles or rivers, there are plenty of deadly animals that are more…
Extremophile Bacteria May Hitch Rides on Asteroid Fragments
Earlier work has demonstrated that an extremophile bacterium species called Deinococcus radiodurans can survive the radiation, cold, and…
WA shires say renewable community benefit fund needs to be mandatory
The West Australian government wants to make new wind and solar farms pay into community funds, but host…
Auroras on Jupiter’s giant moon Ganymede look like Earth’s northern lights, NASA spacecraft reveals
A fleeting flyby of Ganymede has revealed that its shimmering auroras may behave far more like Earth’s than…
Scientists Uncover 500-Million-Year-Old Species Hiding In Plain Sight In South Korea
A new species of chiton — a tiny, armored marine mollusk from a lineage roughly 500 million years…