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Back to SearchBiggest black hole merger observed
Two black holes have collided and combined in the largest merger yet observed. Mark Hannam of Cardiff University and member of the study explains how the Interferometer Gravitational Wave Observatori…
Published on 2 months, 1 week ago
Tracking ocean circulation systems
The European Space Agency plans to use satellite gravity data to track weakening ocean circulation systems. Rory Bingham of the University of Bristol explains how these satellites can ‘weigh’ the Ear…
Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago
Bird flu surges in Cambodia
There's a surge in cases and deaths from H5N1 bird flu in Cambodia - we hear what's the driver and how concerned we should be. Erik Karlsson, Head of Virology at the Pasteur Institute in Phnom Penh a…
Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago
Vera C. Rubin Observatory first images
A spectacular new 10-year telescopic survey of the universe gets underway in Chile. Also, a project to create human chromosomes completely synthetically.
Almost three decades ago Tony Tyson (now of UC…
Published on 2 months, 4 weeks ago
Half a universe once lost now found
The universe is thought to consist of 70% Dark Energy, 25% Dark Matter, and just 5% Baryonic matter which is the atoms that make up you and me. At least, that’s what the models suggest. But a well-ke…
Published on 3 months ago
The first solar polar pictures
ESA’s Solar Orbiter camera probe begins raising its orbit towards the sun’s poles, whilst Betelgeuse’s elusive buddy continues to sneak past our best telescopes.
Earlier this year, Solar Orbiter start…
Published on 3 months, 1 week ago
Potential fungal 'Agroterror'?
What is Fusarium graminearum and why were scientists allegedly smuggling it into the US? Also, Alpine Glacier collapse and an HIV capitulation.
The FBI has accused two Chinese scientists of trying to …
Published on 3 months, 2 weeks ago
Thirteen months to a chip off the moon
China is aiming to join the small club of nations who have successfully returned scientific samples of asteroids for analysis on earth, teaching us more about how our and potentially other solar syst…
Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago
WHO Pandemic Agreement reached
This week, 124 countries agreed at the World Health Assembly in Geneva on measures aimed at preventing a future pandemic. The agreement very strongly favours a “One Health” approach, appreciating how…
Published on 4 months ago
Vaccinating rabies’ reservoir dogs
In 2015, the World Health Organisation set the goal of eradicating rabies deaths from dog-bites to “Zero by 2030”. A team at the University of Glasgow and colleagues in Tanzania have been assessing t…
Published on 4 months, 1 week ago