One Year of NASA's Parker Solar Probe

The Parker Solar Probe’s WISPR instrument saw the solar wind streaming past during the spacecraft’s first…

Researchers refute theory of collective (non-)action

Democracy, environmental protection, peace—the great issues of our time are collective goods that can only happen…

One Year, 2 Trips Around Sun for NASA's Parker Solar Probe

Since Parker Solar Probe launched on Aug. 12, 2018, Earth has made one trip around the…

New target found for disease of the heart's smallest blood vessels

When we race walk, for example, part of our healthy heart muscle may want a little…

Sharp meets flat in tunable 2D material

Scientists have created unique two-dimensional flakes with two distinct personalities: molybdenum diselenide on one side of…

Diet change needed to save vast areas of tropics

One quarter of the world’s tropical land could disappear by the end of the century unless…

Dyes and viruses create new composite material for photooxidation reactions

A recent study shows that native viruses can be employed as a scaffold to immobilize photoactive…

Turning off backscattering to improve optical data transmission

Engineers have found a way to redirect misfit light waves to reduce energy loss during optical…

Great Lakes' latest pollution threat: Microplastics

A new contaminant has turned up in western Lake Superior—tiny snarls, tangles and shreds of plastic…

Methane not released by wind on Mars, experts find

Wind erosion has been ruled out as the primary cause of methane gas release on Mars,…