The mystery of a stellar flare a trillion times more powerful than the largest of solar flares may have been solved by a team of scientists who believe a massive young planet is burning up in a superheated soup of raw material ...
Astronomy
Jun 12, 2023
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Stars with less than half the mass of our sun are able to host giant Jupiter-style planets, in conflict with the most widely accepted theory of how such planets form, according to a new study led by UCL (University College ...
Astronomy
Mar 22, 2023
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An article published in the journal Nature Geoscience has highlighted the shocking under-representation of students from ethnic minority backgrounds in the Geosciences.
Earth Sciences
Apr 30, 2021
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In a major event for UK science, the meteorite that fell from the fireball that lit up the sky over the UK and Northern Europe on Sunday 28 February, has been found.
Planetary Sciences
Mar 9, 2021
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Naturally occurring compounds in ash leaves could be linked to susceptibility of individual trees to the fungal disease ash dieback (ADB). But selecting trees with lower levels of these compounds and breeding for resistance ...
Plants & Animals
Nov 11, 2020
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Homes and communities across the UK have felt the full force of torrential downpours in recent weeks. And the UK's uplands could in future see significantly more annual rainfall than is currently being predicted in national ...
Environment
Nov 14, 2019
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EU and UK science chiefs on Monday launched a push to attract scientists to Europe's £80 billion Horizon research program after warnings of high costs and red tape in Britain.
Other
Feb 12, 2024
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Cold winter weather in the UK almost always brings with it talk of snow.
Environment
Jan 24, 2023
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Climate change and the geosciences risk being seen as largely "white sciences" in the Global North, according to a new study. The research shows that racial minority students are significantly underrepresented in Geology ...
Social Sciences
Jul 7, 2021
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A University of Liverpool study of air pollution in the UK during the first 100 days of lockdown has revealed that whilst nitrogen oxide levels were cut by half, levels of sulfur dioxide increased by over 100%.
Environment
Sep 23, 2020
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