Mercury's Solar Transit

The planet Mercury is seen in silhouette, low center, as it transits across the face of…

Applying biodiversity conservation research in practice

One million species are threatened with extinction, many of them already in the coming decades. This…

Fishmeal developed for sustainable aquaculture

Aquaculture in Sweden could be more sustainable if by-products from industrial feed production were used instead…

Iron-based solar cells on track to becoming more efficient

An international study led from Lund University in Sweden shows that 30 percent of the energy…

New bio-inspired hydrogels can act like superglue in highly ionic environments like seawater

Scientists have been working on developing adhesives for the marine environment that are inspired by organisms…

Scientists explore Egyptian mummy bones with X-rays and infrared light

Experiments at the Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) are casting a new…

NASA to Showcase Science and Engineering Achievements at Annual Supercomputing Conference

From surveying life on Earth to exploring the far reaches of space, researchers from across NASA…

With Mars Methane Mystery Unsolved, Curiosity Serves Scientists a New One: Oxygen

Scientists noticed something baffling on Mars: oxygen, the gas many Earth creatures use to breathe, behaves…

New spin directions in pyrite an encouraging sign for future spintronics

An Australian study revealing new spin textures in pyrite could unlock these materials’ potential in future…

Researchers find new way to target childhood cancer

An international research effort has broken fresh ground in the race to find more effective treatments…