We're often told it is "unscientific" or "meaningless" to ask what happened before the Big Bang. But a new paper by FQxI ...

A study conducted by researchers from the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics (CIOMP) of the Chinese Academy of Sciences has demonstrated how nitrogen vacancies (VN) resolve ...

To build a large-scale quantum computer that works, scientists and engineers need to overcome the spontaneous errors that ...

If an extraterrestrial intelligence were looking for signs of human communications, when and where should they look? In a new ...

Valence electrons, located in the outermost shell of an atom, play an important role in driving chemical reactions and forming bonds with other atoms.

Taranaki and the upper West Coast have the most potential to reduce heat-related carbon emissions and reliance on natural gas resources, a new University of Otago—Ōtākou Whakaihu Waka-led study shows.

Giraffes are a majestic sight in Africa with their long necks and distinctive spots. Now it turns out there are four different giraffe species on the continent, according to a new scientific analysis ...

For decades, scientists, policymakers, graziers and land managers have been locked in a surprisingly high-stakes debate over what defines a dingo. Are these wild canids their own species? Or are they ...

Large earthquakes along some of New Zealand's major faults are commonly clustered in time and place, according to recent research.

Soaring numbers of tourists and expanding research projects are increasingly polluting Antarctica, scientists warned Wednesday, a fresh blow for one of Earth's most pristine environments already ...

Block Island welcomes scores of tourists all summer long, with the Block Island ferry pulling into port 15 times a day. Come fall, new visitors arrive: migrating birds by the thousands.

Most of the drugs, plastics, and industrial materials widely used today are produced through chemical reactions. In general, most high-performance and sophisticated substances have complex structures, ...