Rare salt formations appear along the Great Salt Lake

Rare salt formations have been documented for the first time on the shores of the Great…

Shocked meteorites provide clues to Earth's lower mantle

Deep below the Earth’s surface lies a thick rocky layer called the mantle, which makes up…

Low-temp photocatalyst could slash the carbon footprint for syngas

Rice University engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of a…

New research uses optical solitons in lasers to explore naturally-occurring supramolecules

Curtis Menyuk, professor of computer science and electrical engineering at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County…

Trace metals in leatherback turtle eggs may harm consumers

Leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) eggs laid in Bocas del Toro nesting beaches in the Panamanian Caribbean…

'Superdiamond' carbon-boron cages can trap and tap into different properties

A long-sought-after class of “superdiamond” carbon-based materials with tunable mechanical and electronic properties was predicted and…

SuperTIGER on its second prowl—130,000 feet above Antarctica

A balloon-borne scientific instrument designed to study the origin of cosmic rays is taking its second…

Low-temp photocatalyst could slash the carbon footprint for syngas

Engineers have created a light-powered nanoparticle that could shrink the carbon footprint of syngas producers. …

Shocked meteorites provide clues to Earth's lower mantle

An international team of scientists have completed a complex analysis of a ”shocked meteorite” and gained…

SuperTIGER on its second prowl — 130,000 feet above Antarctica

A balloon-borne scientific instrument designed to study the origin of cosmic rays is taking its second…