Water is key in catalytic conversion of methane to methanol

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory and collaborators have revealed new details…

Scientists find highest ever level of microplastics on seafloor

An international research project has revealed the highest levels of microplastic ever recorded on the seafloor,…

Researchers detect a supercurrent at the edge of a superconductor with a topological twist

A discovery that long eluded physicists has been detected in a laboratory at Princeton. A team…

First results from ICESat-2 mission map 16 years of melting ice sheets

Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, a team of…

A new approach to measuring inequalities in development

A new study by researchers from IIASA and Hong Kong University of Science and Technology for…

Study shows our sun is less active than similar stars

By cosmic standards the sun is extraordinarily monotonous. This is the result of a study presented…

NASA Space Laser Missions Map 16 Years of Ice Sheet Loss

Using the most advanced Earth-observing laser instrument NASA has ever flown in space, scientists have made…

No blue skies for super-hot planet WASP-79b

The weather forecast for the giant, super-hot Jupiter-size planet WASP-79b is steamy humidity, scattered clouds, iron…

Catastrophic outburst floods carved Greenland's 'Grand Canyon'

Buried a mile beneath Greenland’s thick ice sheet is a network of canyons so deep and…

NASA Picks SpaceX, Blue Origin and Others For Moon Lander Work

It seems unlikely the space agency will meet President Trump’s goal of a return to the…