NASA eyes late September for its next attempt to launch the Artemis moon mission

During a press conference on Thursday, space agency officials said they were eyeing Sept. 23 or…

Novel way to generate a light source made from entangled photons

Researchers propose an unconventional way to generate light made from entangled photons. In the graphic above,…

Changes in the tree canopy facilitated the evolution of the first-ever gliding reptile

Researchers have run through near-perfect fossils of the world’s first gliding reptile with a fine-toothed comb…

Physicists invoke the cosmological collider to explain why matter, and not antimatter, dominates the universe

Early in its history, shortly after the Big Bang, the universe was filled with equal amounts…

Collaborative machine learning that preserves privacy

Researchers developed a system that streamlines the process of federated learning, a technique where users collaborate…

Electricity-driven water purification method may extend to saltier waters

While on missions without access to clean water, U. S. Marines face the challenge of procuring…

Hubble finds spiraling stars, providing window into early universe

Stars are the machines that sculpt the universe, yet scientists don’t fully know how they form.…

Weedy rice has become herbicide resistant through rapid evolution

Weedy rice is a closely related cousin of crop rice. It aggressively competes with cultivated rice…

Agriculture drives more than 90% of tropical deforestation

Agriculture drives more than 90 percent of tropical deforestation. Halting deforestation will require a step-change in…

Modern humans generate more brain neurons than Neanderthals

The question of what makes modern humans unique has long been a driving force for researchers.…