Orionid meteor shower peak: How and when to see it this week
The Orionids are an annual meteor shower caused by debris left by Halley’s comet in its journey around…
Evidence for spin-fluctuation-mediated superconductivity in electron-doped cuprates
Zero-field resistivity Combinatorial LCCO thin films were grown epitaxially on SrTiO3 substrates from targets with x = 0.10 and 0.19,…
Drivers in Sussex urged to be alert during deer rutting season
Drivers in the Sussex have been warned to be extra cautious about the risk of collisions with deer…
The Corby recycling plant trying to keep plastic waste in the UK
Dr Margaret Bates, a fellow at the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management, has worked on policy issues for…
NASA’s Curiosity Rover Unveils a Spectacular New View of Mars at Dawn
The captivating shapes of wind-carved crags called yardangs are revealed in this zoomed-in crop of a broader panorama…
A liquid-crystal analogue of the skyrmion Hall effect
Hess, A. J., Poy, G., Tai, J.-S. B., Žumer, S. & Smalyukh, I. I. Control of light by…
Endangered red squirrels thriving on British island
With growing concerns that red squirrels could soon become extinct in England, one Channel Island is a corner…
Four years ago countries made a historic deal to save nature. Is it dead in the water? | Cop17 biodiversity summit
Passersby could smell the dead fish before they saw them. In August, more than 3,000 pike, roach, carp…
The Human Fingerprint on Earth’s Water Cycle
Humans are exerting increasing influence over how water moves through lakes, rivers, soil, and the subsurface, and a…
Controllable transient coherent state reproduction in lasers
Schawlow, A. L. & Townes, C. H. Infrared and optical masers. Phys. Rev. 112, 1940–1949 (1958). Article ADS …
Reintroduced Grauer’s gorilla raising baby in African national park
Lulingu, a Grauer’s gorilla who was reintroduced to Virunga National Park in eastern Congo, is raising a baby…
‘Incredible’: bleached corals thrive within days when touching healthy neighbour
This video shows a bleached coral fragment brought back to health within weeks through fusion with a vibrant…