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Solar eclipse science along the path of totality
On Aug. 21, a solar eclipse was visible across the US, a rare occurrence.
Credit: NSO/AURA/NSF
In a briefing on solar eclipse science, leading U.S. scientists...
Home Shapes And Roofs That Hold Up Best In Hurricanes
Robert and Sandra Harris' elevated house was the only one left standing on Wiggins Street after Hurricane Katrina hit. They had mitigated their home...
Lava tubes: Hidden sites for future human habitats on the Moon and Mars
ESA Astronauts training in terrestrial lava tubes in Lanzarote during the PANGEA 2016 course.
Credit: ESA/L. Ricci
Lava tubes, underground caves created by volcanic activity, could...
Click beetles inspire design of self-righting robots
Click beetles can jump without the aid of their limbs when they are tipped onto their backsides. A team of University of Illinois researchers...
From a heart in a backpack to a heart transplant
After living more than a year with a wearable total artificial heart device, Stan Larkin, 25, returned to the University of Michigan Frankel Cardiovascular...
Winter cold extremes linked to high-altitude polar vortex weakening
Will extremely cold winters become more common in North America and Russia?
Credit: © petrrunjela / Fotolia
When the strong winds that circle the Arctic slacken,...
Health benefits of olives and olive oil
Olive oil.
Credit: © Dušan Zidar / Fotolia
The health benefits of olives -- and associated natural products such as olive oil -- have long been...
Light on exoplanets may be quite different from Earth: Different photosynthesis?
Artists impressions of a habitable planet around M-dwarfs (left) and primordial Earth (right). The surface of M-dwarf planet is illuminated by visible light. On...
Are we being watched? Tens of other worlds could spot the Earth
Image showing where transits of our solar system planets can be observed. Each line represents where one of the planets could be seen to...
Rapid imaging of granular matter
Researchers at ETH have used magnetic resonance imaging to make bubbles visible inside granular media through which a gas flows (left). The velocities of...
New analysis explains role of defects in metal oxides
In this diagram, the atomic lattice of a crystal of barium oxide is depicted, with atoms of oxygen and barium represented by red and...
