Study: Low temperature physics gives insight into turbulence
A novel technique for studying vortices in quantum fluids has been developed by Lancaster physicists.
Andrew Guthrie, Sergey Kafanov, Theo Noble, Yuri Pashkin, George Pickett...
Study: High energy Li-Ion battery is safer for electric vehicles
A lithium-ion battery that is safe, has high power and can last for 1 million miles has been developed by a team in Penn...
The science of carbon dioxide and climate
The vast majority of scientists around the world agree that our climate is changing at a faster rate than ever recorded in human history...
Scientists create framework for evaluating environmental stopgap measures
Ending global environmental crises such as climate change and slowing the growing number of extinctions of plant and animal species will require radical solutions...
Study: Care for cats? So did people along the Silk Road more than 1,000...
Common domestic cats, as we know them today, might have accompanied Kazakh pastoralists as pets more than 1,000 years ago. This has been indicated...
Study: Alien frog invasion wreaks havoc on natural habitat
Indiscriminate feeding by an alien population of the carnivorous spotted-thighed frog - could severely affect the native biodiversity of southern Australia according to a...
Study: Wool-like material can remember and change shape
As anyone who has ever straightened their hair knows, water is the enemy. Hair painstakingly straightened by heat will bounce back into curls the...
Scientists reveal largest and hottest shield volcano on Earth
In a recently published study, researchers from the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa School of Ocean and Earth Science and Technology revealed the largest...
Researchers carry out first space-based measurement of neutron lifetime
Scientists have found a way of measuring neutron lifetime from space for the first time - a discovery that could teach us more about...
Research finds stronger links between automation and inequality
Modern technology affects different workers in different ways. In some white-collar jobs — designer, engineer — people become more productive with sophisticated software at...