Astrophysics

Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a super-greenhouse

Ancient mass extinction shows how Earth turned into a s...

SIN Jul 5, 2025 0 54

A study of fossils from the Permian-Triassic extinction event 252 million years ...

Cyberattacks could exploit home solar panels to disrupt power grids

Cyberattacks could exploit home solar panels to disrupt...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 23

The growth of domestic solar installations opens the possibility of hackers targ...

We finally understand why quasicrystals can exist

We finally understand why quasicrystals can exist

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 37

Not quite crystals and not quite a glass, quasicrystals are an oddity whose prop...

Carbon-offset schemes aren't prepared for forests to burn

Carbon-offset schemes aren't prepared for forests to burn

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 34

Forest-based carbon-offset projects need a buffer to guarantee their climate ben...

Meteorite causes rethink of how and when our solar system formed

Meteorite causes rethink of how and when our solar syst...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 24

Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in...

Quantum-enhanced supercomputers are starting to do chemistry

Quantum-enhanced supercomputers are starting to do chem...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 33

Working in tandem, a quantum computer and a supercomputer modelled the behaviour...

Energy drinks could cause less dental damage with a simple addition

Energy drinks could cause less dental damage with a sim...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 21

The acidity of drinks like Red Bull can erode dental enamel, but a lab experimen...

3D printing could enable a long-term treatment for type 1 diabetes

3D printing could enable a long-term treatment for type...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 27

Small, 3D-printed devices, designed to be implanted directly under the skin, cou...

Weird 'harmless' microbes may play a pivotal role in colorectal cancer

Weird 'harmless' microbes may play a pivotal role in co...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 29

Single-celled organisms called archaea aren't generally thought to cause human d...

How vaccine recommendations have changed in the US

How vaccine recommendations have changed in the US

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 28

The US Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in June to stop recomm...

Do we grow new brain cells as adults? The answer seems to be yes

Do we grow new brain cells as adults? The answer seems ...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 30

Scientists have found evidence of new brain cells sprouting in adults - a proces...

Quantum computers are surprisingly random – but that's a good thing

Quantum computers are surprisingly random – but that's ...

SIN Jul 4, 2025 0 32

While randomising a deck of cards gets more difficult as you add more cards, it ...

Prehistoric Spanish people transported 2-tonne stone by boat

Prehistoric Spanish people transported 2-tonne stone by...

SIN Jul 3, 2025 0 23

An analysis of the provenance of the Matarrubilla stone, a large megalith at Val...

The foolproof way to win any lottery, according to maths

The foolproof way to win any lottery, according to maths

SIN Jul 3, 2025 0 32

How can you guarantee a huge payout from any lottery? Take a cue from combinator...

Nighttime light exposure linked to heart disease in largest study yet

Nighttime light exposure linked to heart disease in lar...

SIN Jul 3, 2025 0 22

Light exposure at night may disrupt our body's internal clocks, or circadian rhy...

Fresh understanding of how mouths heal may lead to a 'scar-free world'

Fresh understanding of how mouths heal may lead to a 's...

SIN Jul 3, 2025 0 24

We have now learned why wounds in our mouth don't scar, which could lead to trea...

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