Image: Comparison of yarn hairiness for yarns of the same linear density (30 tex) and different spinning systems. Credit: Source: 'Investigating the influence of yarn…
A flare burns at a well pad Aug. 26, 2021, near Watford City, N.D. The levels of the crucial heat-trapping gases in the atmosphere reached historic highs in 2023,…
People tend to make more impulsive decisions if they think about time delays first, UCLA researchers have found. Changing how information is presented could lead to…
A better understanding of the complex hydrology in arid regions will give environmental managers the information they need to make the best possible decisions. Credit:…
Schematic diagrams of Z score and ecosystem water needs assessments. a, Landscape schematic diagram illustrating how normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI) and…
Royal Research Ship (RSS) Discovery stopped at Azores, Portugal, for supplies during the 29th Atlantic Meridional Transect (AMT29). The cruise departed from…
NASA's Loral O'Hara, left, Russia’s Oleg Novitsky and Belarus spaceflight participant Marina Vasilevskaya, right, are seen inside the Soyuz MS-24 spacecraft after they…
A Yanomami Indigenous woman carries her child on her back at a Brazilian Air Force field hospital in the city of Boa Vista, Roraima state, Brazil, in January 2023.…
Spatial pattern of trends in annual mean NBP (gC m−2yr−1) across Africa over 2000 to 2019 based on an ensemble of 17 Dynamic Global Vegetation Models from TRENDY v9.…
Examples of pointed split woods and close-up images of the worked point. Photos: Matthias Vogel, Jens Lehmann, Dirk Leder, NLD. Credit: Proceedings of the National…
Located in Finland's Siikaneva peatland, this permanent measurement station aids INAR researchers from the University of Helsinki in micrometeorological and aerosol…
A dolomite sample from the Cambrian Muav formation as seen through a microscope. Multiple generations of mineral-growth can be seen. Credit: Uri Ryb, Hebrew University…
This study explores the impact of human-induced climate change on Northern Hemisphere winter weather, highlighting the dominant role of specific teleconnection…
An artist-generated image illustrating possible futures in policy and research due to human modifications of the atmospheric water cycle. Credit: Patrick Keys and…
Predicting when solids will melt is more difficult than you might thinkr.classen/Shutterstock
Physicists may finally have an answer for a seemingly simple question that has remained unanswered for about a century:…
Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem – the first of a popular trilogy titled Remembrance of Earth’s Past – has entertained and challenged readers since first appearing in Chinese in 2006.
The 2014 English translation, by acclaimed…
Crowds at the San Fermín festival in Pamplona during the famous bull runMigel/Shutterstock
People in a very dense crowd move in small circular “orbits”, like charged particles moving in a magnetic field. The…
The Collider Detector at Fermilab in Illinois, setting up for more discoveriesDAVID PARKER/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY
Space OdditiesHarry Cliff (Picador)
A BALLOON the size of a football stadium hovering over an Antarctic…
Schematic diagram of the modeled trajectories of computationally-released radiocaesium particles, which can be split into three pattern clusters: transport along the…
The research team examines multimodal data of students’ learning performance, brain activity and eye movement, as well as the correlation between these measurements.…
New ways for more sustainable food in the EU: A ZALF study shows how innovative food labeling can motivate agriculture and better inform consumers. Credit:…
New ways for more sustainable food in the EU: A ZALF study shows how innovative food labeling can motivate agriculture and better inform consumers. Credit:…
New research from the University of Montana suggests attempting to suppress all wildfires causes them to burn with greater severity. Credit: University of Montana /…