Landsat 9 Instrument Ready for Spacecraft Assembly

The Landsat 9 instrument that will help scientists detect deforestation, monitor crops and track potentially toxic…

Borneo pygmy elephant found dead in Malaysia

A pygmy elephant has been found dead in a river on the Malaysian part of Borneo…

Rising seas threaten hundreds of Native American heritage sites along Florida's Gulf Coast

Native North Americans first arrived in Florida approximately 14,550 years ago. Evidence for these stone-tool-wielding, megafauna-hunting…

A novel composite for tensile strength

Materials scientists are always on the look out for new composites, materials comprising two or more…

Graphene's mechanical properties found to have similarities to graphite

A team of researchers from the U.K., China and Spain has found that graphene exhibits mechanical…

Scientists moor ship in Arctic ice for a year to better understand climate change

Long polar nights, polar bears, freezing temperatures plunging to -45C. This is what the 600 experts…

Giant planet around tiny star 'should not exist'

The Jupiter-like world is unusually large compared with its host star, challenging existing theories. …

Typhoons and other disasters force Japan to rethink its city vs rural living plans for the future

Greater Tokyo took a major hit earlier this month from Typhoon Faxai, which stopped regional transport…

Study shows mouse gut biome involved in setting gut circadian rhythm

A team of researchers at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center has found that microbes…

Recycling salty water could help control detrimental microbes in Alberta drill sites

Recycling salty water produced from hydraulic fracturing may be effective for managing microbes at well sites…