Researchers at the University of Würzburg have succeeded in detecting exceptionally robust electrical transport in a topological insulator. This could lead to new metrological applications. The work ...

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Every year, billions of migratory birds connect the world's continents, oceans and ecosystems as they undertake epic journeys ...

In recent summers, wildfire smoke has been inescapable across Wisconsin, drifting south from Canada and leading to long ...

Scientists working to save a coral species from extinction transported 30 pieces from nurseries off the Florida coast to a ...

If the Colorado River Basin is the lifeblood of the American Southwest, keeping the region's agricultural, ecological and economic systems thriving, Colorado's West Slope River basins could be ...

American adults with college degrees now outlive those without degrees by more than eight years, in part because graduates ...

What if the Higgs boson found in 2012 is not alone but is the only sibling we have encountered so far? Scientists at CERN discovered the particle that year, and it was a major discovery because it ...

Curtin University-led research has unveiled a new teaching approach that could help incorporate Aboriginal languages into ...

A moth caterpillar identified by the agribusiness sector as one of the most destructive pests of soybean, cotton and corn crops may harbor fungi and bacteria in its gut that can degrade expanded ...

Every year, thousands of tourists pile into game drive vehicles or don their hiking gear and cross South Africa's nature reserves. Binoculars and cameras at the ready, each hopes for a special ...

NASA MAVEN (Mars Atmosphere and Volatile Evolution) mission scientists have uncovered a key puzzle piece in understanding certain types of auroras on Mars, finding that they form in a similar way to ...