An investigation carried out by the astrophysicists of the Instituto de Astrofísica de Canarias (IAC) Žofia Chrobáková, a doctoral student at the IAC and the University of La Laguna (ULL), and Martín López Corredoira, questions one of the most interesting findings about the dynamics of the Milky Way in recent years: the precession, or the wobble in the axis of rotation of the disc warp is incorrect. 

The energy available from sunlight is 10,000 times more than what is needed to supply the world's energy demands. 

University of Exeter researchers used Google Earth and Google Street View to estimate that verges account for 2,579 km2 (almost 1,000 square miles) of land.

With a global impetus toward utilizing more renewable energy sources, wind presents a promising, increasingly tapped resource.

Canada’s Manitoba Province jumped right from winter ice to summer fires.

Illinois researchers found that fluorescent light sensors can detect the otherwise invisible signs of high-temperature stress in soybeans and that this stress is linked to a reduction in crop yield.

City’s Dr Martin White explores a novel organic Rankine system for converting waste heat into electricity.

Scientists need to work closely with resource management agencies to assess impacts

A NASA satellite instrument that will measure air pollution over North America has reached another key project milestone.

Heat from the Atlantic Ocean carried to higher latitudes is causing the edge of the sea ice to retreat.