Hidden crisis in Welsh schools that most parents don't realise about their children's teachers

One teaching union warned of "inferior education" in some subjects ...

The physics of squeaking sneakers

The squeaking of sneakers on a gym floor is usually attributed to friction, specifically a stick-slip variety that involves cycles of sticking and sliding between two surfaces. But that model is best ...

Physicists watch light drift in quantized steps for the first time

In physics, the classical "Hall effect," discovered in the late 19th century, describes how a transverse voltage is generated ...

A rare six-planet alignment is lighting up the sky this week. Here’s how to see it.

Despite the dramatic name, these alignments aren’t exceptionally rare. The last six-planet parade occurred in January 2025, ...

Physicists develop new method to measure universe's expansion rate

We have known for several decades that the universe is expanding. Scientists use multiple techniques to measure the present-day expansion rate of the universe, known as the Hubble constant. These ...
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Treetops Emit Ultraviolet Sparkles During Thunderstorms. Researchers Just Filmed It in Nature for the First Time

In the summer of 2024, the researchers hit the road, chasing storms from Florida to Pennsylvania. Finally, they got lucky: While camped out during a thunderstorm in Pembroke, North Carolina, they ...

Scientists Uncover the Secret Structure Behind “Nature’s Proton Highway”

By freezing a crucial phosphoric acid complex to near absolute zero, scientists uncovered a single, unexpectedly stable structure at the heart of proton transport.