Researchers are investigating hole mobility in compressively strained germanium on silicon to improve the performance of next ...

Physicists using near-absolute-zero detectors have reached unprecedented sensitivity in the hunt for light dark matter. A ...

Creating the same crystal through an alternative method could dramatically extend the reach of quantum networks, increasing ...

Astronomers have uncovered clues to a red giant’s chaotic past by detecting subtle stellar vibrations that hint at a long-ago collision and an unexpectedly rapid spin. Astronomers at the (IfA) have pi ...

A sweeping 3D analysis of Rapa Nui’s main moai quarry shows that the island’s iconic statues weren’t produced by a single ruling authority, but by many small, independent groups working simultaneously ...

In a groundbreaking discovery that sheds new light on the prehistoric origins of art and human creativity, researchers from Aarhus University have identified the earliest known use of blue pigment in ...

A newly surveyed Bronze Age city shows unexpected urban planning and bronze production in the steppe. Archaeologists have uncovered the remains of a large Bronze Age settlement on the Kazakh Steppe, a ...

The discovery of Australia’s oldest known crocodile eggshells is giving UNSW scientists new insight into the animals and ecosystems that existed millions of years ago, long before Australia separated ...

Researchers have devised a new way to define thermodynamic concepts in microscopic quantum systems, where conventional distinctions between heat and work begin to blur. Researchers at the University o ...

A promising natural compound may offer new hope for treating one of the most aggressive forms of leukaemia. A natural ...

The geometry of space, the setting in which physical laws operate, may hold clues to some of the biggest unanswered questions in fundamental physics. The underlying structure of spacetime itself could ...

Scientists have uncovered a surprisingly simple way to draw far more nutrition from kale, revealing how a small ingredient ...