Preparing for climate change

As global temperatures continue to rise, scientists are warning the world to brace for heat waves,…

New technique reduces pathogen identification time from two weeks to less than one hour

Transmitted by insects, especially the aster leafhopper, aster yellows (AY) outbreaks can cause severe production losses…

Car-sized prehistoric South American turtle was built for battle

One of the largest turtles that ever lived prowled the lakes and rivers of northern South…

Successful 47 GHz Amateur Radio Moonbounce Test Reported

Mitsuo Kasai, JA1WQF, successfully decoded a 47 GHz signal bounced off the moon on February 10…

'Pale Blue Dot' Revisited

A recent update to this historic portrait shows Earth as a tiny speck surrounded…

NASA's Mars 2020 Rover Goes Coast-to-Coast to Prep for Launch

The agency’s first step in returning rocks from Mars just arrived at Kennedy Space…

Extinct giant turtle had horned shell of up to three meters

Paleobiologists have discovered exceptional specimens in Venezuela and Colombia of an extinct giant freshwater turtle called…

Bacteriophages may play a role in childhood stunting… and be able to help treat it

New research has discovered that bacteriophages (viruses that infect bacteria) found in the intestinal tracts of…

Bubble-capturing surface helps get rid of foam

Bubbly buildup can hinder many industrial processes, but a new method can reduce or even eliminate…

Cracks in perovskite films for solar cells easily healed, study finds

A new study finds that cracks in brittle perovskite films can be easily healed with compression…