Half of world's beaches could vanish by 2100

Climate change and sea level rise are currently on track to wipe out half the world’s…

Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) Luncheon and Silent Auction

Washington Space Business Roundtable (WSBR) Luncheon and Silent Auction Click here for original story,…

Is there a technological solution to aquatic dead zones?

Could pumping oxygen-rich surface water into the depths of lakes, estuaries, and coastal ocean waters help…

Technology provides a new way to probe single molecules

Biology can be murky, and medicine involves dealing with very complex mixtures of molecules. A new…

Cloud data speeds set to soar with aid of laser mini-magnets

Tiny, laser-activated magnets could enable cloud computing systems to process data up to 100 times faster…

Exposure to 'fake news' during the 2016 US election has been overstated: study

Since the 2016 U.S. presidential election, debates have raged about the reach of so-called “fake news”…

What can you learn by peering into a fruit fly's gut? It turns out a lot!

They say a picture is worth 1,000 words. But what about a real-time window into the…

Directed species loss from species-rich forests strongly decreases productivity

At high species richness, directed loss, but not random loss, of tree species strongly decreases forest…

Geologists determine early Earth was a 'water world' by studying exposed ocean crust

Geologists have studied exposed, 3.2-billion-year-old ocean crust in Australia and used that rock data to build…

NASA finds ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther moving back inland

Ex-Tropical Cyclone Esther just won’t give up. The storm formed in the South Pacific Ocean, tracked…