Scientists are normally happy to find regularities and correlations in their data—but only if they can explain them. Otherwise‚ they worry that those patterns might just be revealing some flaw in the data itself‚ so-called experimental artifacts.

Anticipating changes to ecosystems is often at best an educated guess‚ but what if there was a way to better tune into possible changes occurring&;#63;

While it's common knowledge that mountaintops are colder than the valleys below‚ a new University of Vermont (UVM) study is flipping the script on what we know about forests and climate.

An international research team led by scientists from the CNRS has discovered that the magnetic nanobubbles known as skyrmions can be moved by electrical currents‚ attaining record speeds up to 900 m/s.

Land subsidence is overlooked as a hazard in cities‚ according to scientists from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and Virginia Tech. Writing in the journal Science‚ Prof Robert Nicholls of the Tyndall Center for Climate Change Research at UEA and Prof Manoochehr Shirzaei of Virginia Tech and United Nations University for Water‚ Environment and Health‚ Ontario‚ highlight the importance of a new research paper analyzing satellite data that accurately and consistently maps land movement across China.

Electrostatic capacitors play a crucial role in modern electronics. They enable ultrafast charging and discharging‚ providing energy storage and power for devices ranging from smartphones‚ laptops and routers to medical devices‚ automotive electronics and industrial equipment. However‚ the ferroelectric materials used in capacitors have significant energy loss due to their material properties‚ making it difficult to provide high energy storage capability.

Cancer-causing flame retardants found in everyday things like plastics‚ furniture‚ fabrics and electronics can be sucked up by the skin and absorbed into the bloodstream in 24 hours‚ scientists have found.

Scientists on NASA's Juno mission to Jupiter have transformed data collected during two recent flybys of Io into animations that highlight two of the Jovian moon's most dramatic features: a mountain and an almost glass-smooth lake of cooling lava. Other recent science results from the solar-powered spacecraft include updates on Jupiter's polar cyclones and water abundance.

In principle‚ one shouldn't compare apples to oranges. However‚ in topology‚ which is a branch of mathematics‚ one must do just that. Apples and oranges‚ it turns out‚ are said to be topologically the same since they both lack a hole—in contrast to doughnuts or coffee cups‚ for instance‚ which both have one (the handle in the case of the cup)‚ and thus are topologically equal.

A recent study published in the PNAS shows that western Central Asia has experienced a long-term drying trend over the past 7‚800 years. This discovery‚ based on the analysis of a stalagmite from the Fergana Valley in Kyrgyzstan‚ adds a critical piece to the understanding of westerly-influenced hydroclimatic patterns in Central Asia.