Sophisticated sensors offer precision measurement for fusion research
Nuclear fusion is a source of great hope for future energy security, with this field being explored in research reactors ...
Authoritarian narratives can shape Japanese public opinion, researchers find
An authoritarian regime is a type of government system where power is restricted in the hands of a single leader or a group, ...
Sleep-deprived European jackdaws trade vigilance for deep sleep
As most people who have pulled an all-nighter will agree, lost sleep can leave us feeling foggy and far from our best. In ...
New endangered 'fairy lantern' plant species discovered in Malaysia
Researchers have discovered a new species of the elusive 'fairy lantern' genus Thismia in a hill dipterocarp forest in ...
AI framework achieves 95.6% accuracy in predicting landslide-prone zones
Landslides pose a significant threat to people and the environment worldwide. Researchers from the Leibniz Center for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF), together with international partners, have ...
How the open science movement tackles scientific misconduct
In December 2001, a small but lively meeting in Budapest, Hungary, launched a whole new international movement. The resulting ...
NASA's Curiosity rover has found the longest chain carbon molecules yet on Mars
NASA's Curiosity Mars rover has detected the largest organic (carbon-containing) molecules ever found on the red planet. The ...
Three-site Kitaev chain enhances stability of Majorana zero modes
An international research team led by QuTech has realized a three-site Kitaev chain using semiconducting quantum dots coupled ...
Researcher finds insights into social media, activism and journalism by exploring unrest in Egypt
Egyptian uprisings—part of what became known by many as the "Arab Spring"—were noted for their heavy social media use, with ...
Paleo-flood records reveal ancient deluges that dwarf modern 'unprecedented' events
The Severn analysis shows that floods in the last 72 years of monitoring are not exceptional in the context of paleo-flood records of the last 4,000 years. The largest flood in the Upper Severn ...