Scientists recreated nuclear fallout formation in the lab to uncover how heat and chemistry shape radioactive particles.

In less than a millionth of a second after a nuclear detonation or a severe nuclear reactor accident, an enormous burst of ...

JWST has revealed a surprising daily cloud cycle on a distant hot Jupiter, giving scientists a clearer look at its atmosphere.

Discovery led by UC Santa Cruz Ph.D. of daily cloud cycle on a hot Jupiter exoplanet provides unique window into its make-up ...

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The albedo change of marine clouds is achieved by targeted additions of aerosols, and in particular, sea salt. To assess the viability of Marine Cloud Brightening (MCB) requires a fundamental ...

Letting people walk around downtown with an alcoholic drink in hand — a rarity in Central Florida — was a bold gambit for St. Cloud. But five years later, the city says the move has been so successful ...

In this quick July 4th themed science video, I show you how to create colorful fireworks in a jar using just water, vegetable oil, and food coloring. I walk through each step, explain how density ...

Tiny pieces of plastic, called microplastics, are showing up everywhere, even in the water in clouds, rain, and snow—and they may be affecting our weather and temperatures. A study published in ...

This week’s experiment with Lydia from the Discovery Center Museum puts a little bit of a spin on the classic ‘cloud in a bottle’ trick. By using simple materials from home, she explains how we can ...

OpenAI’s GPT can summarize research papers and make predictions—but can it do science? Can it generate hypotheses, design experiments, interpret results and iterate? Last summer researchers at OpenAI ...

Satellite observations spanning 35 years reveal that desert dust plays a surprising role in cloud freezing across the Northern Hemisphere. Credit: SciTechDaily.com New research based on decades of ...