Natural bayou better when floods threaten Houston

One bayou meanders toward downtown Houston. The other runs in parallel to the south, much of…

NASA-NOAA satellite catches development of tropical storm 21S

NASA-NOAA’s Suomi NPP satellite passed over the Southern Indian Ocean and provided forecasters with a visible…

On faraway planet, it's cloudy with a chance of liquid iron rain

Scientists have detected an exotic planet in another solar system where the weather forecast is always…

Pollution: A possible end to 'forever' chemicals

Synthetic chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyls, or PFAS, contain bonds between carbon and fluorine atoms…

Glass transition of spins and orbitals of electrons in a pure crystal

Researchers have used computers simulations to show that lattice distortions in magnetic pyrochlore oxide crystals can…

New method to grow human blood vessels

A team of researchers recently proved the ability to grow human-derived blood vessels in a pig…

Exoplanet where it rains iron discovered

Researchers have observed an extreme planet where they suspect it rains iron. The ultra-hot giant exoplanet…

Skull of smallest-known bird embedded in 99-million-year-old amber

Scientists are marveling over the exquisitely preserved skull of what appears to be the smallest-known bird…

Chancellor pledges big increase to research spend

Rishi Sunak pledges to more than double spending on government research and development by 2024. …

Liquid iron rain spotted on super-heated exoplanet WASP-76b

Exoplanet WASP-76b, which is about 390 light years from the solar system, has a strange iron…