Buried deep below the American Midwest, a new kind of observatory is taking shape that aims to watch some of the most elusive particles in the universe as they stream straight through Earth. The Deep ...

Learn how stress inside a volcano can make gas bubbles form early, helping explain why some eruptions stay quiet instead of exploding.

The first step on the moon was one of humanity's most exciting accomplishments. Now scientists are planning return trips—and ...

When a plate drops or a glass smashes, you're annoyed by the mess and the cost of replacing them. But for some physicists, ...

Scientists have uncovered a long-missing piece of the volcanic puzzle: rising magma doesn’t just form explosive gas bubbles when pressure drops—it can do so simply by being sheared and “kneaded” ...

Star Trek episodes getting banned is very on-brand. The sci-fi TV franchise has been known for challenging conventions of race, gender, and war through its allegorical adventures, and for TV to be ...

In a new study, researchers show that gas bubbles can form in the rising magma not only due to a drop in pressure but also due to shear forces. If these gas bubbles grow in the volcanic vent early on ...

A doctoral student travels to Washington to explain the enigma of neutrinos, particles that are as strange as they are ...

LandSpace’s Zhuque-3 rocket successfully reached orbit on its maiden flight, but its first-stage booster exploded during the ...

Blooms of yellowish-brown seaweed along the Equator are breaking records and defiling beaches, while a centuries-old patch farther north is disappearing.

The researchers’ experiments show that bubbles are formed primarily near the edges of the conduit, where the liquid is ...

While burning electric vehicles, exploding e-bikes and melting smartphones no longer make the headlines, the issue of battery safety has yet to be fully resolved. To address this, UBC researchers ...