science
Researchers consider whether supernovae killed off large ocean animals at dawn...
About 2.6 million years ago, an oddly bright light arrived in the prehistoric sky and lingered there for weeks or months. It was a...
A glimpse into future oceans
Something peculiar is happening in the azure waters off the rocky cliffs of Ischia, Italy. There, streams of gas-filled volcanic bubbles rising up to...
Switching to a home battery won’t help save the world from...
Home energy storage systems might save you money, but under current policies, they would also often increase carbon emissions. That is the conclusion reached...
Novel laser technology for microchip-size chemical sensors
Most lasers emit photons of exactly the same wavelength, producing a single color. However, there are also lasers that consist of many frequencies, with...
Terahertz laser for sensing and imaging outperforms its predecessors
A terahertz laser designed by MIT researchers is the first to reach three key performance goals at once—high constant power, tight beam pattern, and...
Answering the mystery of what atoms do when liquids and gases...
How atoms arrange themselves at the smallest scale was thought to follow a 'drum-skin' rule, but mathematicians have now found a simpler solution.
Atomic arrangements...
A glimmer of hope for the world’s coral reefs
The future of the world's coral reefs is uncertain, as the impact of global heating continues to escalate. However, according to a study published...
Half a million tests and many mosquitoes later, new buzz about...
Most malaria drugs are designed to reduce symptoms after infection. They work by blocking replication of the disease-causing parasites in human blood, but they...
Solar activity research provides insight into sun’s past, future
Andrés Muñoz-Jaramillo of Southwest Research Institute and José Manuel Vaquero of the University of Extremadura have developed a new technique for looking at historic...
Humans may be reversing the climate clock, by 50 million years
Our future on Earth may also be our past.
In a study published Monday (Dec. 10, 2018) in the Proceedings of the National Academy of...
Team finds evidence for carbon-rich surface on Ceres
A team led by Southwest Research Institute has concluded that the surface of dwarf planet Ceres is rich in organic matter. Data from NASA's...
