Science

Massive volcanic eruptions in Earth’s history that emitted large amounts of carbon into the atmosphere are usually associated with periods of severe environmental change and…

The presence of liquid water on Mars’ surface may have been shorter than previously imagined. Channel landforms known as gullies, which were previously considered to…

A new study indicates how fire suppression ensures that wildfires burn under extreme circumstances and with high severity, aggravating the effects of climate change and…

Oceanic crust is the outermost layer of Earth’s lithosphere that sits underneath the ocean basins. It is the top layer of the oceanic part of…

A hydrogen valve is a type of valve that is used to store hydrogen at extremely low temperatures or high pressures, such as in hydrogen…

For hundreds of millions of years, the average temperature of Earth’s surface has fluctuated by little more than 20° Celsius, allowing life to thrive on…

Neutron star mergers are a goldmine for novel physics signals, with implications for understanding the true nature of dark matter, according to Washington University in…

A new study focuses on sulfur, a chemical element that, while known, has proven remarkably resistant to scientific efforts to investigate its role in the…

Cathodic protection is a technique for controlling corrosion on a metal surface by making it the cathode of an electrochemical cell. This is usually accomplished…

Electromagnetism is a discipline of physics that studies electromagnetic force, one of the four fundamental forces in nature. In physics, it refers to the interaction…

A team of astronomers used archived data from the Gemini North telescope to measure the heaviest pair of supermassive black holes yet discovered. The merging…

Everything is everywhere; under the right conditions, microbial populations can develop and thrive even in seemingly inhospitable environments. This is the case with inactive hydrothermal…