Local Water Availability Is Reduced and Never Recovers After Planting Forests
River flow is reduced in areas where forests have been planted and does not recover over time, a new study has shown. Rivers in some…
River flow is reduced in areas where forests have been planted and does not recover over time, a new study has shown. Rivers in some…
This peculiar galaxy, beautifully streaked with tendrils of reddish dust, is captured here in wonderful detail by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope. The galaxy is…
The Copernicus Sentinel-3 mission takes us over the Japanese archipelago – a string of islands that extends about 3000 km into the western Pacific Ocean….
New light-sensitive material could eliminate some of the endoscopic procedures needed to remove gastrointestinal devices. A variety of medical devices can be inserted into the…
Adults with food insecurity (i.e., inadequate access to food because of financial constraints) are 10% to 37% more likely to die prematurely from any cause…
Many parents mistaken about their child’s video game behavior; families report different gaming patterns for teen boys than girls. Eighty-six percent of parents agree that…
Leaving school and getting a job both lead to a drop in the amount of physical activity, while becoming a mother is linked to increased…
The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful, and most technologically challenging space telescope ever built. The Webb Telescope is so large; it…
Orange Dwarf Stars Most Likely to Host Planets To date astronomers have discovered over 4,000 planets orbiting other stars. Statistically, there should be over 100…
Ever since it was proposed that atoms are building blocks of the world, scientists have been trying to understand how and why they bond to…
San Diego Natural History Museum paleontologist describes a dinosaur that is new to science, shows dinosaurs grew up differently from birds. A new species of…
Work has implications for power generation, desalination, electronics. Evaporation can explain why water levels drop in a full swimming pool, but it also plays an…
Hummingbirds are some of the most brightly-colored things in the entire world. Their feathers are iridescent—light bounces off them like a soap bubble, resulting in…
A new device measures the tiniest energies in superconducting circuits, an essential step for quantum technology. Quantum physics is moving out of the laboratory and…
Sea-Ice-Free Arctic Makes Permafrost Vulnerable to Thawing Permafrost is ground that remains frozen throughout the year; it covers nearly a quarter of Northern Hemisphere land….
Roughness, the presence of irregularities on a surface, is commonly associated to slower motion and stickiness. This is true at different length scales: at human…
Internet Use Reduces Study Skills in University Students Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital…
New Hubble Measurement Strengthens Discrepancy in Universe’s Expansion Rate People use the phrase “Holy Cow” to express excitement. Playing with that phrase, researchers from an…