Research shows reductions in aerosol emissions had slight, temporary warming impact. The lockdowns and reduced societal activity related to the COVID-19 pandemic...
A pair of researchers at the University of Trento has found that some spiders use pre-tensioned silk to hoist prey off the ground. In their paper...
Climate change is causing sea levels to rise faster than the worst-case scenario predicted by scientists, a new study has found. The study found ‘considerably greater...
The Inuit tell stories about the year that summer never arrived. Tree rings from 1783 confirm that the Laki volcano in Iceland caused the cooldown.
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS): After 13 different astronauts conducted 14 spacewalks over several years, the primary power system of the International Space Station...
One woman set up the Australian Centre for Robotic Vision—the world’s first such center—and then led efforts to create Australia’s first Robotics Roadmap.
Hikers, soldiers and school children all know the burden of a heavy backpack. But now, researchers have developed a prototype that not only makes loads feel...
Massive galaxies with extra-large extended "puffy" disks produced stars for longer than their more compact cousins, new modeling reveals.
As the sea ice shrinks in the Arctic, the plankton community that produces food for the entire marine food chain is changing. New research shows that...
Energy stored in stretched silk strands lend spiders super lifting powers.