Low-income earners suffer most from the COVID-19 crisis

Home office at full pay is not an option for all employees hit by the coronavirus…

Cosmic understanding: Identifying distinctive signatures of heavy elements

At the Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory, in a side room off the ATLAS nuclear…

Endangered Mediterranean monk seals aided by unique intervention

Conservationists are celebrating exciting new footage that reveals an endangered Mediterranean monk seal making use of…

A 'bucket full of photons' may yield clues about the Sun's magnetic fields

The first images from the National Science Foundation’s 4-meter Inouye Solar Telescope, released in late January,…

Researchers develop a physical model of the optimal immune repertoire for bacteria

Before CRISPR became a household name as a tool for gene editing, researchers had been studying…

Quantum entanglement offers unprecedented precision for GPS and more

Your phone’s GPS, the Wi-Fi in your house and communications on aircraft are all powered by…

Identifying the dark matter of the molecular world

Imagine that your Facebook feed poses a tantalizing puzzle. You’re presented with a few fragments about…

A Tale of Two Telescopes: WFIRST and Hubble

WFIRST’s infrared surveys will create enormous cosmic panoramas. Combining the mission’s findings with Hubble’s complementary observations…

Why social distancing is a big challenge in many African countries

Working from home, distance learning, online shopping—many African countries cannot easily adopt rich nations’ measures against…

Dehydrating plant proteins at the speed of sound

Almost everyone is familiar with ultrasound—the high-frequency sound waves that bounce around in the body creating…