Heat Warning: North-West Europe’s Hottest Days Sizzle at Double the Warming Rate
A recent study led by the University of Oxford reveals that climate change is driving the warmest days in North-West Europe to heat up at…
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Long COVID: The Invisible Consequence of Socioeconomic Inequality
A recent study conducted by the Universities of Southampton and Oxford reveals a strong correlation between the incidence of long COVID and the level of…
1600-Feet Giant Underwater Waves: The Hidden Players in Ocean Heat and Carbon Storage
New research has revealed that underwater waves, some towering as high as 500 meters, located deep below the ocean surface, play a crucial role in…
Rare Reptiles in Peril: The Surprising Extinction Risk for Unusual Turtles and Crocodiles
New research led by the University of Oxford has revealed that the most endangered turtle and crocodile species are those that are most unique. Their…
New Steganography Breakthrough Enables “Perfectly Secure” Digital Communications
Researchers have achieved a breakthrough to enable ‘perfectly secure’ hidden communications for the first time. The method uses new advances in information theory methods to…
New Way To Pinpoint Hidden Helium Gas Fields – And Prevent a Global Supply Crisis
Helium – essential for many medical and industrial processes – is in critically short supply worldwide. Production is also associated with significant carbon emissions, contributing…
Scientists Solve 200-Year-Old Biodiversity Mystery Through Analysis of Over 400,000 Fossils
Large-Scale Fossil Study Reveals Origins of Modern-Day Biodiversity Gradient 15 Million Years Ago Today, species richness peaks in equatorial regions but until now there has…
A Promising New Treatment for Hand Osteoarthritis
The drug talarozole, which raises retinoic acid levels, holds promise as a novel treatment for hand osteoarthritis. According to Tonia Vincent, a Professor of Musculoskeletal…
A Revolutionary New Physics Hypothesis: Three Time Dimensions, One Space Dimension
How would our world be perceived by observers moving faster than light in a vacuum? According to theorists from Warsaw and Oxford universities, such a…
The Tragic Toll: COVID-19 Is a Leading Cause of Death in Children and Young People in the U.S.
Between August 2021 and July 2022, COVID-19 was a leading cause of death in children and young people in the US, ranking eighth overall. COVID-19…
Decoding the Past – Scientists Uncover the Origin of Mysterious Giant Extinct Marine Reptile Graveyard
For many years, researchers have been studying a state park in Nevada, but despite their efforts, the reason for the high number of ichthyosaur deaths…
Remarkable Scottish Fossil Uncovers Clues to the Origins of Lizards
A fossil discovery from Scotland has provided new information on the early evolution of lizards, during the time of the dinosaurs. The tiny skeleton discovered…
Scientists Discover a New Ecosystem – “The Trapping Zone” – That Is Creating an Oasis of Life
The new ecosystem is located in the depths of the Indian Ocean. Researchers from the University of Oxford and the Nekton Maldives Mission have discovered…
Highest-Ever Recorded Volcanic Plume: The Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai Eruption
A new analysis led by Oxford University researchers has shown that the devastating Hunga Tonga–Hunga Haʻapai eruption in January 2022 created the tallest volcanic plume…
500 Million Year-Old Fossils Solve a Centuries-Old Riddle in the Evolution of Life on Earth
Scientists have finally solved a centuries-old riddle in the evolution of life on earth, revealing what the first animals to make skeletons looked like. This…
COVID-19 Pandemic Caused “Unprecedented” Shock Decline in Life Expectancy
Most of Western Europe experienced life expectancy bouncebacks in 2021 Scale of Eastern Europe losses akin to the mortality crisis at the break-up of the…
Could the “Lost” Islands of Ancient Welsh Folklore Really Have Existed? Scientists Say Yes
A new study of coastal geography finds that the lost islands mentioned in Welsh folklore and poetry are plausible. New evidence on the evolution of…
Making Hacking Futile – Quantum Cryptography
An improved version of quantum key distribution. The Internet is filled with highly sensitive data. In general, sophisticated encryption techniques guarantee that such material cannot…
