The treatment of kidney stones could soon be getting much faster, easier, and safer. Scientists have devised a method of ...

There is a sudden warming about to happen high up in the atmosphere. This warming usually affects the Polar Vortex.

The collective motion of bacteria—from stable swirling patterns to chaotic turbulent flows—has intrigued scientists for decades. When a bacterial ...

Researchers from Würzburg have experimentally demonstrated a quantum tornado for the first time by refining an established ...

The term “polar vortex” might conjure images of mythical icy storms swirling through the North Pole but in reality it’s a ...

The polar vortex is a mass of cold air swirling high above the Arctic. Scientists closely monitor atmospheric shifts that ...

Professor Adam Scaife, Head of Long-Range Forecasting at the Met Office, said: “There is now over 80 per cent chance of a SSW ...