Combining signals from multiple observations of neutron stars has allowed researchers to better understand the properties of ultra-dense matter and constrain the Hubble constant, which…
Interactions with binary companions shape the stellar winds blowing from elderly stars, generating the dazzling array of complex shapes found in the planetary nebulae they…
Low-Metallicity Globular Star Cluster Challenges Formation Models On the outskirts of the nearby Andromeda Galaxy, researchers have unexpectedly discovered a globular cluster (GC) — a…
Smoke from the growing number of annual wildfires across the western United States and Australia has led to lengthy periods of unhealthy and hazardous air…
For many, 2020 was a year of life suspended, as the novel coronavirus spread rapidly across the planet and forced people indoors — often far…
Airflows inside passenger cars and implications for airborne disease transmission. A new series of computational fluid dynamics simulations suggests that, for two people who must…
A smartphone-read ultrasensitive and quantitative saliva test for COVID-19. Offering an ultrasensitive yet accessible approach to COVID-19 testing, a portable saliva-based smartphone platform provides results…
The ninth annual Golden Goose Award ceremony on December 1, 2020 will recognize three teams of scientists whose research has greatly benefited society. Led by…
Researchers analyzing blood samples from blood donors across Kenya estimate that by June 2020, when many COVID-19 deaths were expected in the country but hadn’t…
In the Netherlands, whole genome sequencing of SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks on 16 mink farms has revealed virus transmission between human to mink, as well as from…
Two separate studies have documented the persistence of antibodies that target SARS-CoV-2 in hundreds of patients with COVID-19 at least 3 months after symptom onset….
Reductions in humanmade noise resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic shutdown led birds in parts of California to adapt their songs to be higher quality, a…
Meteorite material presumed to be devoid of water because it formed in the dry inner Solar System appears to have contained sufficient hydrogen to have…
Massive, rapid production of vaccines to fight COVID-19 will require firms to share know-how not just about what to make, but how to make it,…
A recently discovered soot-free flame called a blue whirl — which consumes all fuel it encounters — actually consists of three different flame structures that…
The discovery of altered adaptive immunity in anglerfish helps explain how the creatures are able to temporarily or permanently fuse with their mates without experiencing…
The inactive ingredients that make up a major component of drug formulations may not be as inactive as previously thought, researchers report. According to a…
Global COVID-19 “lockdown” measures — the quarantines, physical isolation, travel restrictions and widespread closures of services and industry that countries around the world have implemented…