Meet the Experts: Space for the future

Professionals in the space sector don’t try to predict the future, but a dedicated team prepares…

Week in images: 8-12 June 2020

Week in images: 8-12 June 2020 Discover our week through the lens Click…

Gravity Assist: Puffy Planets, Powerful Telescopes, with Knicole Colon

NASA astrophysicist Knicole Colon describes her work on the Kepler, Hubble, TESS and Webb missions, and…

Fuel walking and cycling with low carbon diets, researchers say

Walking and cycling have many benefits and help reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but researchers say we…

Quantum effect observed in 'large' metal

In the world of materials science, sometimes main discoveries can be found in unexpected places. While…

Precise magnets 3-D printed from special stainless steel

It looks quite inconspicuous to the casual beholder, hardly like groundbreaking innovation: a small metallic chessboard,…

Using GIE to map deforestation in the Amazon rainforest

As deforestation continues to rise in the Amazon rainforest, efforts are ongoing to identify ways to…

Chinese conservationists battle to save pangolins from poachers

Rescued from a farmer’s fishpond, a young pangolin’s release back into China’s wilderness this week was…

Potential beginning of life simulated in lab

Did life originate underground? Scientists at the University of Duisburg-Essen (UDE) have substantiated their theory that…

Lives saved or deaths postponed? Calculating the cost of lockdowns

While lockdowns undoubtedly avoided large numbers of deaths from the new coronavirus, the repercussions of the…