Nearly 8,000-year-old skull found in Minnesota River

A partial skull that was discovered last summer by two kayakers in Minnesota will be returned…

Breach exposed data of half-million Chicago students, staff

The personal information of more than half a million Chicago Public Schools students and staff was…

US high schoolers design low-cost filter to remove lead from water

When the pandemic forced schools into remote learning, Washington-area science teacher Rebecca Bushway set her students…

Millions stranded, dozens dead as flooding hits Bangladesh and India

Heavy rains have caused widespread flooding in parts of Bangladesh and India, leaving millions stranded and…

Boeing docks crew capsule to space station in test do-over

With only a test dummy aboard, Boeing’s astronaut capsule pulled up and parked at the International…

Rio's urban gardens produce healthy food for the poor

Gun-toting youths watch over a street in a Rio de Janeiro slum hit hard by drug…

Long-hypothesized 'next generation wonder material' created for first time

For over a decade, scientists have attempted to synthesize a new form of carbon called graphyne…

All-optical phase recovery and quantitative phase imaging performed instantly without a computer

Optical imaging and characterization of weakly scattering phase objects, such as isolated cells, bacteria and thin…

Unique quantum material could enable ultra-powerful, compact computers

Information in computers is transmitted through semiconductors by the movement of electrons and stored in the…

Where do "Hawaiian box jellies" come from?

An insightful cross-disciplinary team of University of Hawai’i (UH) at Mānoa researchers, working for over a…