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4MOST telescope facility captures first light

On October 18, 2025, the 4-meter Multi-Object Spectroscopic Telescope (4MOST) facility, installed on the VISTA telescope at the European Souther…

Adaptable 3D bioprinting technique can boost engineered tissue output

The field of tissue engineering aims to replicate the structure and function of real biological tissues. This engineered tissue has potential ap…

Ten years later, LIGO is a black-hole hunting machine

On September 14, 2015, a signal arrived on Earth, carrying information about a pair of remote black holes that had spiraled together and merged.…

The tipping of the last resilient glaciers: Filling in years of missing data from Tajikistan

Too little snowfall is now also shaking the foundations of some of the world's most resilient "water towers," a new study led by the Pellicciott…

Solar Orbiter traces superfast electrons back to sun

The European Space Agency-led Solar Orbiter mission has split the flood of energetic particles flung out into space from the sun into two groups…

Astronomers capture the birth of planets around a baby sun outside our solar system

Astronomers have discovered the earliest seeds of rocky planets forming in the gas around a baby sun-like star, providing a precious peek into t…

Parents' fear of math linked to lower achievement in children

Mathematics anxiety is a feeling of tension and fear when dealing with numbers or performing calculations. It is a common form of academic anxie…

'Significant proportion' of world's rural population missing from global estimates, says study

Governments, international bodies and researchers rely on global population data for resource allocation and infrastructure planning to disease…

X-rays from atomic systems could reveal new clues about rival quantum theories

The apparent weirdness of the quantum world is often exemplified by the paradox of Schrödinger's imaginary cat that exists in a limbo state of b…

Sunken village emerges as Greek drought bites

Record-breaking temperatures and prolonged drought in Greece have exposed a sunken village in Athens' main reservoir for the first time in 30 ye…

Portugal seeks EU help as wildfire threatens UNESCO-listed forest

Portugal on Wednesday appealed to EU partners for assistance in fighting a wildfire on the Atlantic island of Madeira that has raged for a week…

Most countries are struggling to meet climate pledges from 2009, emissions tracking study shows

Nineteen out of 34 countries surveyed failed to fully meet their 2020 climate commitments set 15 years ago in Copenhagen, according to a new stu…

Research suggests European Alps eroding slower than >10,000 years ago

Deglaciation during the Holocene (last ~17,000 years) has had significant impacts on the surrounding mountainous environments as glaciers retrea…

Desolation in Greece's Dadia park after Europe's biggest fire

Perched atop a metal ladder, Athanassia Pistola helps her husband nail the roof of a temporary pen for their farm animals that survived a gigant…

As temperatures rise, Sicily turns to exotic fruits

Avocados, mangos, bananas and passion fruit—a wealth of exotic produce is growing under the shadow of Sicily's Mount Etna, as the Italian island…

American researcher has been rescued from deep Turkish cave more than a week after he fell ill

Rescuers pulled an American researcher out of a Turkish cave early Tuesday, more than a week after he became seriously ill 1,000 meters (more th…

Austria farmers up in arms over Brussels GMO plans

The European Commission's proposal to ease current restrictions on genetically modified crops has riled up EU organic farming leader Austria and…

Greece facing 40C weekend while record US heat wave set to expand

Greece was Saturday facing its hottest July weekend in 50 years, with temperatures forecast to soar above 40 Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), while a r…