Standardizing calculations of the helium byproducts generated in advanced fission and fusion energy system materials can increase reactor safety and longevity, according to a study led by University ...

Like so much else in nature, the human visual system has both a complex structure and functional efficiency that is difficult ...

For decades, environmental debates have been framed around a stark trade-off: economic growth lifts people out of poverty but ...

Scientists have uncovered new evidence that Earth's continents are continuously reworked deep beneath the surface, offering ...

New research shows, for the first time, an unprecedented and significant warming of equatorial Atlantic upper intermediate ...

In a silent war that has raged for millions of years, plants have evolved a sophisticated chemical arsenal to fight back ...

Aerosols and clouds play a key role in Earth's climate budget. However, the extent to which they reflect solar energy depends ...

Fish who display dominant traits are more at risk of consuming microplastic pollution than others in their social group, ...

How come our universe is full of disorder, when all elementary particles appear to follow strictly ordered laws of physics? And are there organizing principles behind disorder and apparent chaos?

The vulnerability of a shark population to losing even small numbers to fishing has been highlighted by researchers from the University of Chester and partners in the Philippines using a remote stereo ...

A new paper calls for ecologists and evolutionary biologists to consider how organisms experience climate rather than how weather stations record it when doing climate–biology research. The paper, ...

The classic image of an archaeologist is of someone unearthing a potsherd in Pompeii or opening a Viking grave to better ...