Metal-organic frameworks can separate gases despite the presence of water

Metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) are promising materials for inexpensive and less energy-intensive gas separation even in the…

A new set of targets to protect the natural world

Science and scientists are converging around the knowledge that our planet, with us in the driver’s…

Scientists 'film' a quantum measurement

Measuring a quantum system causes it to change—one of the strange but fundamental aspects of quantum…

Help find the location of newly discovered black holes in the LOFAR Radio Galaxy Zoo project

Scientists are asking for the public’s help to find the origin of hundreds of thousands of…

NASA Goddard Team Selected to Design Concept for Probe of Mysterious Venus Atmosphere

A proposed Goddard mission could one day fly the first U.S. spacecraft since 1978 to study…

Comparing greenhouse gas footprints of online versus traditional shopping

When consumers are trying to decide between traditional and online shopping, many factors come into play,…

Radio waves detect particle showers in a block of plastic

A cheap technique could detect neutrinos in polar ice, eventually allowing researchers to expand the energy…

Cellular metabolism regulates the fate decision between pathogenic and regulatory T cells

Preclinical research shows a pivotal role for cellular metabolism to regulate the fate decision of naïve…

New research sheds light on the unique 'call' of Ross Sea killer whales

New research has found that the smallest type of killer whale has 28 different complex calls,…

A possible new way to cool computer chips

A team of researchers at Stanford University has developed a theoretical way to cool down heated…