Powder, not gas: A safer, more effective way to create a star on Earth

Powder, not gas: A safer, more effective way to create a star on Earth …

MATRIEX imaging: Simultaneously seeing neurons in action in multiple regions of the brain

Two-photon laser scanning microscopy imaging is commonly applied to study neuronal activity at cellular and subcellular…

Typhoon Phanfone ruining Christmas for thousands of Filipinos

Typhoon Phanfone smashed into the central Philippines on Tuesday, leaving thousands of people unable to get…

Monitoring conflict and climate could help stop famines before they happen

Deaths due to famine have fallen precipitously in recent decades, but undernutrition, which affects one in…

NASA airborne campaign catches the drift of snow water

It’s the most wonderful time of the year—the time NASA’s SnowEx campaign hits the skies and…

Our favorite holiday gift? A box of Apollo moon soil

Fortunately for today’s scientists, Apollo-era leaders had the foresight to save much of the 842 pounds…

Portraits of particulate matter

On solar farms in particularly dusty places in the world, like the Arabian Peninsula and parts…

How 'houses as ATMs' feed a recession

For most Americans, their home is their most valuable asset, so it makes sense to borrow…

New study suggests 'enigmatic hominoid' did not walk upright and was not a tree climber

An international team of researchers has concluded that the so-called “enigmatic hominoid” did not walk upright…

Synthetic magnetism leads photons on a 2-D quantum walk

Randomness governs many things, from the growth of cell colonies and the agglomeration of polymers to…