Moon glows brighter than sun in images from NASA's Fermi

If our eyes could see gamma rays, the Moon would appear brighter than the Sun! That’s…

Nanoscale 'glass' bottles could enable targeted drug delivery

Tiny silica bottles filled with medicine and a special temperature-sensitive material could be used for drug…

Discovery could pave the way for disease-resistant rice crops

Researchers have uncovered an unusual protein activity in rice that can be exploited to give crops…

Conceptual design ready for PLATO telescope simulator

SRON Netherlands Institute for Space Research designs and builds a space simulator to test and calibrate…

Total annihilation for supermassive stars

A renegade star exploding in a distant galaxy has forced astronomers to set aside decades of…

NASA scientists fly over Greenland to track melting ice

NASA scientists are crisscrossing Greenland on a mission to track melting ice. Click here…

Better food and faster analysis of blood tests

Researchers have figured out how to use deep learning to speed up the analysis of gas…

Enriched environment in aquaculture enhances the survival of fish from bacterial disease

A new study has revealed that enriched rearing of juvenile fish significantly enhances the survival of…

Data assimilation method offers improved hurricane forecasting

Operational models for severe weather forecasting predicted Hurricane Harvey would become a Category 1 hurricane in…

How buildings can cut 80% of their carbon emissions by 2050

Energy use in buildings — from heating and cooling your home to keeping the lights on…