Experts encourage efforts to build museum infrastructure within low and middle-income countries
Museum collections are key to universities' missions to provide education, research, public service and economic development ...
Rethinking Carnot: Scientists overcome traditional power-efficiency trade-off
Challenging centuries-old assumptions about thermodynamics, a new study in published in Physical Review Letters has shown that it is theoretically possible to design a heat engine that achieves ...
Make a noise or work with the system? Four ways to create real change for nature
Ecosystems and species across the natural world are in serious trouble. The vast majority of Australians want more government ...
While you sleep, these insects are working hard on the night shift to keep our environment healthy
As night falls over Australia's forests, grasslands and backyards, the hidden world of nocturnal insects stirs to life. In ...
Superfluid spirals: Scientists control Kelvin waves for first time
In a new study published in Nature Physics, researchers have developed the first controlled method for exciting and observing ...
Understanding the backlash against corporate DEI—and how to move forward
United States President Donald Trump recently issued an executive order to end federal diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) ...
Multiferroic material can function up to 160°C, opening doors for advanced spintronics
While most multiferroics can't operate above room temperature, a team of researchers at Tohoku University demonstrated that ...
Surprising signatures in WASP-121b's dynamic atmosphere challenge understanding of how 'roasting marshmallows' form
Nearly one third of known exoplanets are enormous gas giants, similar to Jupiter or Saturn. But whereas our solar system ...
How reduced rainfall threatens plant diversity
Predicting and mitigating the effects of climate change while preserving biodiversity is a top priority for both scientists ...
Scientists test space device to detect elusive dark matter
Scientists are working on an ambitious dark matter experiment in space in the hope it can unravel one of the universe's greatest mysteries.
One of the largest searches for alien life started 30 years ago—its legacy lives on today
In February 1995, a small research organization known as the SETI Institute launched what was then the most comprehensive ...
Are dogs really bred for function? New study challenges the assumptions about certain breeds
Since their domestication millennia ago, dogs have been man's best friend, and aside from friendship, centuries of selective ...