Astrophysics

Melting ice reveals millennia old forest buried in the Rocky Mountains

Melting ice reveals millennia old forest buried in the ...

SIN Jan 13, 2025 0 57

Trees dating back almost 6000 years ago have come to scientists' attention due t...

Laser technique measures vast distances with nanometre precision

Laser technique measures vast distances with nanometre ...

SIN Jan 13, 2025 0 54

A new technique involving lasers can measure long distances more precisely than ...

Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be visible from Earth

Comet that could shine as bright as Venus set to be vis...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 96

Comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) should be visible from the southern hemisphere, and poss...

Ultracold indium atoms could make unexpected new types of matter

Ultracold indium atoms could make unexpected new types ...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 75

For the first time, atoms of the metal indium have been chilled to temperatures ...

Glyphosate-resistant weeds have evolved in the UK for the first time

Glyphosate-resistant weeds have evolved in the UK for t...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 51

The herbicide glyphosate is helping farmers adopt more environmentally friendly ...

Gene-edited cells that evade rejection show promise in type 1 diabetes

Gene-edited cells that evade rejection show promise in ...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 70

Insulin-producing cells injected into a man with type 1 diabetes have survived f...

Tomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby traps

Tomato plants are covered in tiny anti-pest booby traps

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 46

A more detailed understanding of the natural anti-insect protections of tomato p...

World’s first fully 3D-printed microscope made in under 3 hours

World’s first fully 3D-printed microscope made in under...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 59

The microscope cost less than £50 to build using an open-source design and a com...

Physicists discover the secret to perfect cacio e pepe pasta

Physicists discover the secret to perfect cacio e pepe ...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 54

The classic Italian cacio e pepe pasta is notoriously tricky to get right, but p...

2024 confirmed as first year to breach 1.5°C warming limit

2024 confirmed as first year to breach 1.5°C warming limit

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 51

Scientists warn efforts to limit the long-term temperature rise to 1.5°C will fa...

Oil extraction may have triggered over 100 earthquakes in the UK

Oil extraction may have triggered over 100 earthquakes ...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 43

Earthquakes that occurred near an oil extraction site in Surrey, UK, in 2018 and...

How worried should we be about a bird flu pandemic?

How worried should we be about a bird flu pandemic?

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 56

The first known death from a bird flu virus in the US has sparked fears about an...

Your ears and nose are made from tissue that looks like bubble wrap

Your ears and nose are made from tissue that looks like...

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 51

It turns out that the cartilage inside your ears and nose is different from that...

La Niña is finally here but it won't stay for long

La Niña is finally here but it won't stay for long

SIN Jan 10, 2025 0 58

After months of delay, the cool La Niña climate pattern has emerged in the easte...

Keeping space tidy should become a global UN goal, say researchers

Keeping space tidy should become a global UN goal, say ...

SIN Jan 9, 2025 0 63

The United Nations has 17 sustainable development goals that all member states h...

Why sabre-toothed animals evolved again and again

Why sabre-toothed animals evolved again and again

SIN Jan 9, 2025 0 61

Sabre teeth can be ideal for puncturing the flesh of prey, which may explain why...

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