How roads can help cool sizzling cities

Special permeable concrete pavement can help reduce the ‘urban heat island effect’ that causes cities to…

Physicists make graphene discovery that could help develop superconductors

When two mesh screens are overlaid, beautiful patterns appear when one screen is offset. These ‘moiré…

What sort of 'development' has no place for a billion slum dwellers?

Imagine a community of 200,000. Convivial, walkable, six times the density of Manhattan but with a…

NASA Scientist to Discuss “Cosmic Explosions and Cosmic Accelerators” at Library of Congress Lecture

The public is invited to a free lecture called ‘Cosmic Explosions and Cosmic Accelerators: Gamma-rays and…

Colonel Raja Chari: NASA Astronaut Candidate

NASA astronaut candidate Raja Chari climbs into a NASA T-38 aircraft. Click here for…

Distant 'heavy metal' gas planet is shaped like a football

The scorching hot exoplanet WASP-121b may not be shredding any heavy metal guitar riffs, but it…

A novel graphene-matrix-assisted stabilization method will help 2-D materials become a part of quantum computers

Scientists from Russia and Japan found a way of stabilizing two-dimensional copper oxide (CuO) materials by…

Women on Tinder prefer highly educated men

A belief among many is that women have a higher preference for education level and earnings…

Using organisms to decontaminate soil

The German Ministry of Education and Research is funding a long-term soil remediation project run by…

Granular aluminum for future computers

Computers based on quantum mechanical principles can solve certain tasks particularly efficiently. Their information carriers, the…