Using the most powerful telescopes on the ground and in space, a team of astronomers has discovered for the first time gusts of hot, warm and cold winds blowing from a neutron star as it devours matter from a neighbouring star. The discovery offers insights into the behaviour of some of the most extreme objects in the universe.Low-mass X-ray ...

 CORVALLIS, Ore. — An Oregon State University study found evidence that Indigenous groups in the Pacific Northwest were intentionally harvesting edible camas bulbs at optimal stages of the plant's maturation as far back as 3,500 years ago.The findings contribute to the growing body of research around Traditional Ecological Knowledge and practi...

 Ending world hunger is an important goal of the United Nations SDG-2, which aims to ensure that everyone has access to sufficient nutritious food by 2030. Marine food sources are still only marginally involved in this, especially the organisms low in the food chain that offer perspective for more sustainable food production. This project will...

 Researchers from the Royal Veterinary College (RVC), as part of a team from Cornell University, have identified chromosomal errors as a common cause of pregnancy loss in mares. Whilst chromosomal abnormalities are widely acknowledged as a common cause of human miscarriage, responsible for up to 82 per cent of pregnancy loss, there have been l...

 New research published by leading wildlife charity, Butterfly Conservation, in collaboration with the University of Derby, reveals that counting butterflies reduces anxiety by almost 10%.The pioneering study involved surveying people taking part in Butterfly Conservation's Big Butterfly Count in 2022. The results demonstrate that briefly tuni...

 Research team at the University of Göttingen develops method for recognizing cell propertiesChecking whether an avocado is hard or soft by looking at it? This would require recognizing how the plant cells behave behind the skin. The same applies to all other cells on our planet: Despite more than 100 years of intensive research, many of their...

Current climate policies imply a high risk for tipping critical Earth system elements, even if temperatures return to below 1.5 °C of global warming after a period of overshoot. A new study published in Nature Communications indicates that this risk can be minimized if the warming is swiftly reversed. That is why reducing emissions in the current d...

 A remote operated vehicle moves slowly across the rocky ocean floor, carefully navigating the course bottom that's covered in a carpet of fine brittle stars and elegant corals fans. Small orange fish flit past as the ROV (remotely operated vehicle) continues its movement more than 450 metres beneath the water's surface.The scene — as magical ...

 The study could help show just how hummingbirds perform their signature hover near the flowers they feed on, as well as inform animal welfare and future touch technology for humans.New research mapping a hummingbirds' sense of touch onto specific areas of the brain shows the little creatures are sensitive to even slight puffs of air.The study...

 Beginning on foot, Carnegie Mellon University's Brandon Tober donned skis to survey the accessible four-kilometer lower section of Root Glacier. Tober is part of a team of researchers working to map the glacier's thickness and bedrock elevation using two types of ice-penetrating surveys — from the air and on the ground.The team — researchers ...

 Geophysics' Bay Villas Bôas is part of $9M Office of Naval Research project to enhance predictive capabilities of extreme weather eventsA team of Colorado School of Mines researchers will get to fly into the eye of the storm during hurricane season in hopes of learning more about the way the ocean and atmosphere interact during extreme weathe...

 The Brest-based company EOLINK reached an important milestone this summer with the installation of the anchors of its 5MW floating wind turbine on the Centrale Nantes SEM-REV offshore test site, operated by the OPEN-C Foundation, off Le Croisic. These operations were carried out as part of the France-Atlantique project, for which the investme...

 Research shows that 15-minute cities can reduce the need for cars and create greener and more human-friendly cities. Experience from Odense and Ballerup indicates that citizens prioritize quality of life and green cities over efficient transport.Our interviews show that people's desires are about quality of life and not so much about efficien...

 A new princely tomb attributable to the Picene culture , dating back to the 7th century BC, has emerged from the subsoil of Contrada Nevola , in Corinaldo , in the province of Ancona , thanks to an excavation campaign led by the University of Bologna . The work of the archaeologists has brought to light a large quadrangular pit (about 3.80 by...

 When people think of greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, what often comes to mind are airplanes and land vehicles like cars or trucks. But as efforts to slow climate change are ramping up, the spotlight is on another form of transport: ships.The U.N.'s International Maritime Organization (IMO) has set targets to reduce shipping gree...

 By 2030, the UK Government wants offshore wind to produce enough electricity to power every single home in the country.This aim will be at the centre of the UK's drive towards net zero carbon emissions by 2050, with offshore wind power capacity rising from 30GW to 40GW.Being home to over a third of the world's offshore wind farms – including ...

 Researchers have identified the specific locations from which most of the approximately 200 Martian meteorites originate. They've traced the meteorites to five impact craters within two volcanic regions on the red planet called Tharsis and Elysium. Their study was published recently in the journal Science Advances.Martian meteorites find thei...

 A UAV (or drone) in flight can fall victim to different types of attacks. At Télécom SudParis, Alexandre Vervisch-Picois is working on a method for detecting attacks that shook ones concerning their position. This research could be used for both military and civilian applications.He set out to deliver your package one morning, but it never ar...

 At approximately 100,000 light years in diameter, the Milky Way's vastness and the broader, ever-changing dynamics of the cosmos defy any attempt to fully understand our home galaxy and its history. Even today's most powerful telescopes and astronomy tools can't give us a clear and complete picture of the Milky Way from an outsider's point of...

 The research, led by NTU Singapore, showed that when there is variety in agricultural landscapes, more diverse wildlife thrives on the farms.The optimum approach would be to grow different crops like vegetables and fruit trees on the same farm in varying field sizes and layouts, as well as have semi-natural landscape features that are not cro...