In 1987, biologists captured the last free-flying condor to transfer it to captivity, and the largest flying North American ...

Understanding instabilities and turbulence in plasmas is one of the key challenges across a wide range of plasma research fields, including nuclear fusion, astrophysics and laser-plasma physics. In ...

In places like South Asia, Africa and parts of the Americas, monsoon rains supply water for drinking, crops and hydropower for billions of people. Understanding the patterns that monsoons tend to ...

Stainless steel is widely used for its corrosion resistance, but it is not invincible. In environments containing chloride ions, such as seawater, pitting corrosion can occur. These pits often start ...

Raw, grilled, roasted, stuffed—there are many ways to enjoy bell peppers, also called capsicums, sweet peppers or paprika. Bell peppers originated in Central and South America and belong to the ...

Establishing a long-term presence on the moon will require solving challenges that are easy to overlook on Earth. Lunar ...

A joint research team from KAIST and the APEC Climate Center has found that the East Asian summer front has migrated north ...

Many of the most potent antibiotics originate from bacteria. A large proportion belong to a class of compounds known as ...

Humans and chimpanzees share almost all their genes. Despite this, our brains have developed in different ways. Researchers ...

Glass can keep a drink safely contained, protect a smartphone screen, or serve as a foundation for electronic components. But ...

Do cosmic radiation doses near the moon differ significantly from those received by astronauts in low Earth orbit?

Pollution from human-generated waste in marine ecosystems has reached critical levels, with cigarette butts (CBs) among the ...