Astronomers anticipate upcoming images of the Andromeda galaxy may hold vital cluesAlthough dark matter makes up 27% of the universe, astronomers have been unable to observe it directly.Now, in a new study, an international team of researchers including Northwestern University astrophysicists has found that upcoming images from NASA's Nancy G...

 Fossils of a new group of animal predators have been located in the Early Cambrian Sirius Passet fossil locality in North Greenland. These large worms may be some of the earliest carnivorous animals to have colonised the water column more than 518 million years ago, revealing a past dynasty of predators that scientists didn't know existed.The...

 Research has found marine heatwaves are affecting the breeding, diet and population size of little penguins along Western Australia's coast.The study, published in Marine Ecology Progress Series, used data from 1986 to 2019 to investigate the impacts of marine heatwaves on breeding outcomes, body condition, diet composition, population size a...

 A bright dome of light pierced the night. As the light grew brighter and larger, it rose into the sky, taking the shape of a rocket dashing into space, a trail of exhaust left to mark its path."Liftoff," shouted Zach Muraskin, a senior studying physics at Carnegie Mellon University and the science team lead for Iris, a rover bound for the moo...

 "There are places on Earth that we still haven't explored," said Matthew Siegfried, assistant professor of geophysics at Colorado School of Mines and a lead author of the paper, published March 9 in Geology. "We have now one sample trying to understand an environment that is one and a half times the size of the continental United States."Sinc...

 Using a new technique, researchers at the University of Basel have succeeded in cooling a small membrane down to temperatures close to absolute zero using only laser light. Such extremely cooled membranes could, for instance, find applications in highly sensitive sensors.As long as 400 years ago, the German astronomer Johannes Kepler came up ...

Researchers have completed Phase One of a U.S. Space Force project looking at the feasibility of updating software on orbiting satellites.We've all heard that we should "Reduce, Reuse, Recycle" to save the planet, but what about applying any of the "three R's" to space?Researchers at USC Viterbi's Information Sciences Institute (ISI) are tackling t...

 The newly upgraded Linac Coherent Light Source (LCLS) X-ray free-electron laser (XFEL) at the Department of Energy's SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory successfully produced its first X-rays Sept. 14, and researchers around the world are already lined up to kick off an ambitious science program.The upgrade, called LCLS-II, creates unparalle...

 Donor-supported initiative leverages research excellence at UCalgary and universities of Alberta and LethbridgeSome of the tiniest particles of matter in the universe — from quarks to neutrinos to atoms and molecules — hold the power to fuel major scientific breakthroughs to positively transform the human condition.An understanding of these s...

 Barley is one of the world's most widely-cultivated cereals. To improve hardiness, yield, or other desired traits, barley breeders cross different varieties to enrich beneficial genes. This is achieved through a process known as homologous recombination, which results in genetic diversity through the exchange of materials between chromosomes....

 POLITO hosted in hybrid mode at the Energy Center Auditorium the M31 consortium meeting of the PRELUDE project – Prescient building Operation utilizing Real Time data for Energy Dynamic Optimization – that received funds from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Grant Agreement N° 958345 (Call identifier: ...

 1st place in EuropeMost of the material in the earth's interior, in our solar system, and in our universe is under extremely high pressure. Investigating material properties under extreme high-pressure and high-temperature conditions is thus crucial to understanding geological processes in the earth and other planets.The Bavarian Research Ins...

 Dr Lauren McWhinnie from Heriot-Watt's Institute of Life and Earth Sciences contributed to a new study investigating the nature and extent of whale entanglements in Scottish fishing gear.The report identifies potential solutions to avoid and reduce such entanglements in the future.Dr McWhinnie was working with the Scottish Entanglement Allian...

Physicists have invented a new type of analogue quantum computer that can tackle hard physics problems that the most powerful digital supercomputers cannot solve.New research published in Nature Physics by collaborating scientists from Stanford University in the USA and University College Dublin (UCD) in Ireland has shown that a novel type of highl...

 The technology can increase the lifetime and controllability of miniature satellites.A micropropulsion system developed at the George Washington University successfully launched into space at the end of May. The technology could pave the way for controlling inexpensive satellites made out of objects found in your desk drawer or purse.Research...

 A parabolic dish on the EPFL campus is easily overlooked, resembling a satellite dish or other telecommunications infrastructure. But this dish is special, because it works like an artificial tree. After concentrating solar radiation nearly 1,000 times, a reactor above the dish uses that sunlight to convert water into valuable and renewable h...

 Johns Hopkins researchers develop a model that uses autonomous decision-making to make the skies safer.Autonomous drone aircraft traffic in uncontrolled airspace below 400 feet altitude is expected to substantially increase in the next few years. Experts anticipate a fleet of nearly 1 million commercial uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) in the ...

 Researchers at De Montfort University Leicester (DMU) have suggested new ways of thinking which could help people with depression tackle personal problems.A study led by DMU's Dr Saima Noreen considered the way people with depression think when tackling issues within themselves, known as intrapersonal problems.To conduct the research, a team ...

 September is coupled with the arrival of spring, which inspires a flurry of activity in the animal world as breeding season for many different species cranks up a notch.September is also Save The Koala month, which aims to highlight the threats to koalas, including habitat loss, climate change, disease and human activity, contributing to popu...

 The Pacific oyster has taken over in the Swedish west coast county of Bohuslän. Researchers at the University of Gothenburg have found that the invasive species accounts for two-thirds of the biomass of all mussel and oyster species. This is not necessarily a bad thing, except for beachgoers, who can cut themselves easily on the razor-sharp s...