Polluted wastewater in the forecast? Try a solar umbrella

Evaporation ponds, which are commonly used in many industries to manage wastewater, can span acres, occupying…

Finding a new way to fight late-stage sepsis by boosting cells' antibacterial properties

Researchers have developed a way to prop up a struggling immune system to enable its fight…

New Technique May Give NASA’s Webb Telescope a Way to Quickly Identify Planets with Oxygen

Researchers may have found a way that NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope can quickly identify nearby…

Why holidaying in a disaster zone isn't unreasonable

Holidaying in a disaster zone might seem strange, but “volunteer tourism” can actually help communities recover…

Researchers use remote sensing to estimate nitrogen deposition in North China

Northern China, a hotspot of air pollution, has always been an area of great interest to…

Over-hunting walruses contributed to the collapse of Norse Greenland, study suggests

Norse Greenlanders may have chased dwindling walrus herds ever farther north in an effort to maintain…

Nanoscale sensors to better see how high pressure affects materials

Researchers have developed new nanoscale technology to image and measure more of the stresses and strains…

Insufficient home care the biggest challenge to overcome after release from hospital

Ontario patients and caregivers reported not enough home care to meet the need, that home care…

Simulating The First Image From WFIRST

Imagine a fleet of 100 Hubble Space Telescopes, deployed in a strategic space-invader-shaped array a million…

NASA’s Hubble Survey’s Gigantic Galaxy

This majestic spiral galaxy might earn the nickname the “Godzilla Galaxy” because it may be the…