Elbit Systems launches nanosatellite for commercial communications

Israeli defense electronics firm Elbit Systems said on Wednesday its nanosatellite, called Nanova, was successfully launched…

This Week in NASA History: 3rd Hubble Servicing Mission – Dec. 19, 1999

This week in 1999, space shuttle Discovery, mission STS-103, launched from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on…

Interfacial chemistry improves rechargeability of Zn batteries

With strong interest in environmentally benign and efficient resource utilization, green and safe battery systems are…

Little reason for moral panicking after #MeToo

Yes, you can still give a colleague a regular hug, even after #MeToo. The boundaries are…

Europe's exoplanet hunter reaches orbit around Earth

Europe’s CHEOPS planet-hunting space telescope left Earth on Wednesday and moved into orbit, a day after…

Mangroves on the run find a more northern home

The north might no longer be as inhospitable to mangroves as it once was. …

Weather officials: 24 tornadoes hit South over 2 days

At least two dozen tornadoes hit the Southeast this week in a deadly outbreak of severe…

The Madrid climate conference's real failure was not getting a broad deal on global carbon markets

Press accounts of the Madrid climate conference that adjourned on Dec. 15 are calling it a…

Scientists find way to supercharge protein production

Medicines such as insulin for diabetes and clotting factors for hemophilia are hard to synthesize in…

Fossils of the future to mostly consist of humans, domestic animals

As the number and technology of humans has grown, their impact on the natural world now…