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Earth's orbit is getting crowded. About 16,000 satellites currently circle our planet, supporting everything from GPS navigation and weather forecasting to banking, emergency services and internet communications.

Children involved in private family law proceedings in England can experience serious harm to their mental and physical health because their voices are too often ignored or dismissed, according to new research led by the ...

Researchers at TU Wien are working with technology partners to develop a digital manufacturing process for topology-optimized reinforced concrete slabs that significantly reduce material use and carbon footprints.

Severe flooding may contribute to higher mortality rates from opioid use in rural Appalachia, according to a study by researchers at Penn State. The findings—published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences—are ...

One method of storing solar energy is to use PEC electrolyzers to produce hydrogen. However, scaling up this technology remains challenging. Now, a team at the HZB Institute for Solar Fuels has used 2D fluorescence imaging ...

The inevitable leakage of energy and information from a quantum system into its surrounding environment is the enemy of quantum technology. Now, researchers have demonstrated that it can be exploited to generate entanglement—the ...

Women suffering from pelvic organ prolapse might be best served by surgery that preserves their uterus rather than removing it, a landmark clinical trial reports.

Nearly a decade after the discovery of LHS 1140b, a rocky exoplanet in the habitable zone of a nearby low-mass star, a new study reveals that the object may have its own atmosphere.

Alzheimer's disease is not only about the accumulation of toxic proteins in the brain. A growing number of studies indicate that the health of cerebral blood vessels may also play a decisive role in the onset and progression ...

Imagine a future where everyone has enough, on a planet that stays livable. A new report makes the case that it's within reach.

A new study from The University of Manchester has offered the most comprehensive look to date at how the U.K. coordinates its response to economic crime, identifying the structural challenges that make this difficult to do ...

It's 5 a.m. when we crawl out of our tents. The catbirds are calling and the night sky is fading to dawn as we prepare to head into the wilderness. We're surrounded by the towering eucalypts of southeast Queensland in search ...