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NREL scientists Joey Luther and Erin Sanehira are part of a team that has helped NREL set an efficiency record of 13.4% for a...

The ESO 3.6-metre telescope at La Silla. Credit: Y. Beletsky (LCO)/ESO New research using data collected by the European Southern Observatory (ESO) has revealed that a...

UW engineers have developed the first 3-D printed plastic objects that can connect to other devices via WiFi without using any electronics. The 3-D...

Green florescent proteins are responsible for the bioluminescence in sea jellies. Credit: © Glebstock / Fotolia Nearly 75 years ago, Nobel Prize-winning physicist Erwin Schrödinger wondered...

The photograph shows the Shingle Pass section in east central Nevada, where late Cambrian to Middle Ordovician (460 to 495 million years ago) limestone...

This is an artist's impression of TRAPPIST 1d (right) and its host star TRAPPIST 1 (left). The new research shows how planets like this...

The team used ORNL's Titan supercomputer to compare the genomes of Kalanchoë fedtschenkoi (back row) and Phalaenopsis equestris, or orchid (front row), as well...

Velvetleaf represents one of the many invasive plant species that was tested by Dan Atwater and Jacob Barney. Credit: Virginia Tech It's no secret that globalization,...

Traces of DNA in the sea can be used to monitor shark populations, say researchers. Credit: Image courtesy of University of Salford Marine ecologists have shown...

VR system from Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory could make it easier for factory workers to telecommute. Credit: Jason Dorfman, MIT CSAIL Many manufacturing jobs...

What causes people to break from a routine? Credit: © Sergey Nivens / Fotolia Have you ever been stuck in a rut, going through the same...