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Political science Aug 4, 2024

Rape myths can affect jurors' perceptions of sexual assault, and that needs to change

In Canada, more than 34,000 cases of sexual assault were reported to police in 2022, representing a 38% increase from 2017.

Condensed Matter Jul 29, 2024

A camera trap for the invisible—a solution to difficult pattern recognition problem in experimental particle physics

It sounds fantastical, but it's a reality for the scientists who work at the world's largest particle collider.

Astronomy Jul 24, 2024

Dark matter flies ahead of normal matter in mega galaxy cluster collision

Astronomers have untangled a messy collision between two massive clusters of galaxies in which the clusters' vast clouds of dark matter have decoupled from the so-called normal matter. The two clusters each contain thousands ...

Cell & Microbiology Jul 11, 2024

New system makes lifesaving phages accessible, transportable and much easier to use

The great promise of bacteriophages is that they naturally destroy bacteria, often in situations where antibiotics fail. Until now, though, there has been no way to access them quickly and efficiently, especially in emergency ...

Archaeology Jun 25, 2024

1,500-year-old reliquary discovered

Since the summer of 2016, archaeologists from Innsbruck have been carrying out excavations in a late antique hilltop settlement in southern Austria. Two years ago, they made a sensational discovery: a Christian reliquary ...

Quantum Physics Jun 22, 2024

Untangling the entangled: Quantum study shines fresh light on how neutrinos fuel supernovae

Researchers used quantum simulations to obtain new insights into the nature of neutrinos—the mysterious subatomic particles that abound throughout the universe—and their role in the deaths of massive stars.

Space Exploration Jun 7, 2024

Scientists record Earth's radio waves from the moon

On Feb. 22, a lunar lander named Odysseus touched down near the moon's South Pole and popped out four antennas to record radio waves around the surface—a moment University of Colorado Boulder astrophysicist Jack Burns hails ...

Environment May 29, 2024

We gave 60,000 food products a 'planetary health' star rating—see how your favorites stack up

Lasagne or risotto? Muesli bar or brownie? What's better for the planet? How do you know for sure?

Evolution May 21, 2024

A pest of our own making: Revealing the true origins of the not-so-German cockroach

German cockroaches thrive in buildings all over the world. They're one of the most common cockroach species, causing trouble for people both here and overseas. But in nature, they're nowhere to be found.

General Physics Apr 29, 2024

Laser excitation of Th-229 nucleus: New findings suggest classical quantum physics and nuclear physics can be combined

Physicists have been hoping for this moment for a long time: For many years, scientists all around the world have been searching for a very specific state of thorium atomic nuclei that promises revolutionary technological ...

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