Hubble reveals surprising spiral shape of galaxy hosting young jet
The night sky has always played a crucial role in navigation, from early ocean crossings to modern GPS. Besides stars, the ...
To mitigate impact of wildfires on communities' water, report offers guidance to public drinking water system staff
Wildfires increasingly threaten public drinking water systems, but guidance on how to address damage to these systems from a ...
Consumer Food Insights Report: Out-of-stock foods rate drops for second straight year
Consumers reported a 9.5% out-of-stock rate for foods in 2024. This figure dropped from 12.3% in 2023 and 19.3% in 2022, ...
Giant freshwater aquifer in southern Africa is under threat from mining
A huge underground water resource the size of Austria, the Stampriet Transboundary Aquifer System, stretches for 87,000km² ...
Much of Australia enjoys the same Mediterranean climate as L.A.—for bushfires, that doesn't bode well
The world has watched in horror as fires continue to raze parts of Los Angeles, California. For those of us living in ...
Hybrid cascade process selectively converts COâ‚‚ into methanol
In a hybrid cascade, climate-damaging CO2 is turned back into valuable methanol. An international research team has shown how ...
Beyond evolution: Alfred Russel Wallace's critique of the 19th century world
Alfred Russel Wallace was a British naturalist renowned for co-developing the theory of evolution alongside Charles Darwin—and for mapping out the biodiversity of the Indonesian Archipelago. However, ...
Survey finds more hidden supermassive black holes than expected
Multiple NASA telescopes recently helped scientists search the sky for supermassive black holes—those up to billions of times heavier than the sun. The new survey is unique because it was as likely to ...
Wildfires can contaminate drinking water systems with harmful chemicals—here's what Los Angeles needs to know
The wildfires in the Los Angeles area have destroyed thousands of structures, many of them homes, and firefighters continue ...
Did COVID really push some Italians out of the country's cities?
During the summer of 2020, as highlighted by geographers Aurélie Delage and Max Rousseau, media across many European ...
Germany races to contain foot-and-mouth outbreak amid export fears
Germany took further steps Monday to limit the potential spread of foot-and-mouth disease, as an outbreak of the virus ...
DNA nanorobots that can alter artificial cells offer a new tool for synthetic biology
The shape and morphology of a cell play a key role in the biological function. This corresponds to the principle of "form ...