Science
Scientific discoveries and research
David Kipping has new take on the existence of advanced life in the universe and the numbers are not encouraging
Between the mid-1970s and early 1980s, two physicists, Michael Hart and Frank Tipler, published a controversial series of papers arguing that extraterrestrial i...
Ocean monitoring is in trouble: It's up to Europe and Asia to avoid losing sight of the world's deep‑sea ecosystems
The world relies on a modest number of countries to keep watch over the ocean. That arrangement is starting to fail. Europe and Asia must now decide whether to...
Could leaves help feed humanity after disaster?
UC researchers are investigating whether leaf protein and sugar extracted from plant fiber could help sustain people if major global shocks disrupt food product...
Dogs and humans are more alike than we thought, study finds
The same biological signals that help predict lifespan in humans also appear in dogs, according to new research from the Dog Aging Project—a finding that could...
How directing water flows in the landscape could support groundwater and surface water streams
Researchers at the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research have investigated how water from streams can be stored in the aquifer during wet periods....
TRACERS spacecraft maps solar energy's route into Earth using cusp electrons
Physicists led by the University of Iowa have documented in the finest detail to date how energy from the sun interacts with Earth's magnetic field, which could...
Cellulose films match plastic performance while enabling recycling or biodegradation
A new cellulose-based material platform developed in Finland responds to tightening regulatory requirements and industry pressure to both replace and reduce pla...
When motion prevents order in active matter systems
Pack enough string-like objects together, and they will begin to align with one another. But replace the strings with worms or bacteria living in your gut, and...
Q&A: Tracing the origins of supermassive black holes
Sarah Pappert is a Ph.D. candidate in astrophysics at the TUM School of Natural Sciences and conducts research at the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial...
CDC sleuthing helps decipher drug-resistant infection rise
Previous research from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that a dangerous variety of bacteria that cause drug-resistant infections, cal...
New atlas reveals more about how the body's 'master gland' really works
A new study has created a detailed map of the pituitary gland, often called the body's "master gland" because it controls important functions such as growth, st...
Fusion reactors could be monitored for covert plutonium production
In the next few decades, many physicists are hopeful that nuclear fusion could become a realistic source of practically limitless energy. But before this can ha...