Mysteriously bright supernova may have smashed up a huge gas cloud

A strange supernova that’s 100 times brighter than it should be has long been a mystery,…

A megalibrary of nanoparticles

Using straightforward chemistry and a mix-and-match, modular strategy, researchers have developed a simple approach that could…

Chemicals in the environment: A focus on mixtures

Chemicals have improved our quality of life. But at the same time, they pose a considerable…

Stressed-out dust is sharing antibiotic resistance genes

Indoor dust is evolving—and not in a good way. Click here for original story,…

New insights about the brightest explosions in the Universe

Swedish and Japanese researchers have, after ten years, found an explanation to the peculiar emission lines…

NASA Announces Two Media Briefings on Latest Solar Mission

NASA and ESA (European Space Agency) scientists will discuss Solar Orbiter, the agencies’ collaboration set to…

A Zika vaccine could save suffering and costs

A new study found that routinely giving the Zika vaccine to women of childbearing age could…

A new blood component revealed

Does the blood we thought to know so well contain elements that had been undetectable until…

New experimental vaccine for African swine fever virus shows promise

Government and academic investigators have developed a vaccine against African swine fever that appears to be…

The Making of ‘2001: A Space Odyssey’ Was as Far Out as the Movie

A jumble of memorabilia, storyboards and props, an exhibit illustrates the whirl of influences behind Stanley…