Category : science

Sense, sensibility, and superconductors

Jonathan Monroe disagreed with his PhD supervisor—with respect. They needed to measure a superconducting qubit, a tiny circuit in which current can flow forever. The qubit emits light, which carries information about the qubit’s state. Jonathan and K...

Coronavirus questions; HMS Challenger and ocean acidification; Sean Carroll's quantum world

Adam Rutherford is joined by Professor of Virology at Nottingham University, Jonathan Ball, to help answer some of your questions on the latest coronavirus outbreak. Will it become endemic, and once infected and recovered how long are we resistant to...

2 people from the Diamond Princess cruise ship have died from the coronavirus

The deaths came amid initial groups of passengers disembarking from the ship this week, and hundreds being evacuated back to the US.

We combed through dozens of new studies on the coronavirus. The research suggests 80% of cases are mild, but the epidemic could 'rebound.'

Here's what scientists have learned about the new coronavirus, how it affects patients, and what might happen next.

The biggest breakdown yet of novel coronavirus cases suggests that 80% are mild. Some patients don't show symptoms at all.

On the quarantined Diamond Princess cruise ship, more than half of the 621 coronavirus patients showed no symptoms.

200-vehicle pileup kills 2, injures nearly 70 amid whiteout conditions in Montreal

A pileup involving roughly 200 vehicles killed two people and injured nearly 70 on Autoroute 15 in La Prairie, Québec, Canada on Wednesday.Sudden whiteout conditions with blowing snow severely limited visibility in the area likely caused the major ch...

Women who take a common antibiotic during pregnancy may be more likely to have babies with heart or genital birth defects, study says

The research including over 200,000 children implicates macrolides, which are often used as alternatives for people with penicillin allergies.

Scientists create atomic-scale map of coronavirus’ deadly weapon, pointing out a path to fighting it

Biochemists have created the first 3-D, atomic-scale map of key proteins in the killer coronavirus, opening up new possibilities for developing treatments and a vaccine. Researchers at the University of Washington and its Institute for Protein Design...

Pilots aboard Hurricane Hunter plane chasing a winter storm experience strange phenomenon

An experienced hurricane hunting crew chasing a winter storm came across a far different discovery this past weekend. In what is know as St. Elmo's fire, footage of the forking electric discharge was captured on Saturday by pilots as the spectacl...

Two giant icebergs broke off Antarctica. Here's what that means for the continent's health.

Antarctica’s Pine Island Glacier is one of the most closely watched pieces of ice on Earth. And scientists are warning about signs of climate change.

Rain, flood and repeat likely to be the weather mantra in the South this spring

The pattern that has been unleashing excessive rainfall and reoccurring flooding is predicted to continue across the flood-weary southern United States through the spring -- and following a soaker during the middle of this week, another rainstorm is...

Betelgeuse, one of the brightest stars we see, has been fading for months. It could signal a fiery explosion, but it may just be dust.

The star Betelgeuse is less than half as bright as it was five months ago. Here's what it looks like.

Fossil fuel methane emissions 'vastly underestimated'

Emissions from fossil fuel production of the potent greenhouse gas methane is 25 to 40 percent higher than previously understood, researchers reported on Wednesday, shining a harsh spotlight on the global gas industry. "Scientists have been vastly u...

The ocean is getting louder because 'world's loudest' shrimp are heating up, biologist says

The shrimp closes its claw so fast that it generates a bubble that is louder than a bullet when it implodes.

Tropical Cyclone Esther likely to develop near Australia in the coming week

Following Uesi, which remained well east of Australia earlier in February, the next tropical cyclone to develop will most likely be closer to home.The potential exists for at least one tropical system to develop near Australia in the coming days, thr...

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