An international team led by researchers at Queen's University Belfast has made a discovery that has eluded astronomers for ...

Scientists studying the neurology of tame foxes identified changes in a part of the brain that has previously been associated ...

What does a healthy river look like? For most of us, an obvious answer would involve two aspects: water flowing through a ...

More than just a precious gemstone for jewelry, diamond has properties that make it attractive for several next-generation, ...

A new historical analysis challenges the received wisdom as to why Chinese characters developed their distinctive square shapes. The work, published in the International Journal of Arts and Technology ...

A new study finds that tropical areas often thought to be safe from the effects of climate change are actually experiencing ...

Simon Fraser University researchers are zeroing in on how global forestation efforts impact our climate system beyond CO₂ removal in a new study.

The dwarf planet Ceres is arguably one of the most overlooked and underappreciated planetary objects in the solar system. This could be because while Ceres has the same dwarf planet designation as ...

A 10-year scientific investigation of museum specimens has uncovered two previously unrecognized bandicoot species, expanded ...

Scientific papers are a researcher's most valuable currency, and a paper published in a respected journal can represent ...

Where a storm surge strikes along a stretch of U.K. coastline is decided by global climate patterns in the Atlantic, Arctic and even further afield—according to new research led by Cambridge ...

A window can admit welcome daylight but also let in unwanted heat, taxing air conditioning systems. Darkening the glass helps ...