Pesticides found in monarchs' milkweed near farm fields

Conservation organizations across the United States plant milkweed to combat the loss of monarch butterflies, whose…

Family trauma increases likeliness of youth homelessness

Each year, more than four million young people in the United States experience some form of…

Older adults can serve communities as engines of everyday innovation

Encouraging hobbies and activities is more than an important part of healthy aging. According to a…

A new way to make droplets bounce away

In many situations, engineers want to minimize the contact of droplets of water or other liquids…

Proba-2’s predicted view of 2 July eclipse

On 2 July 2019, a total solar eclipse will be visible from the South Pacific, falling…

Record-breaking DNA comparisons drive fast forensics

Forensic investigators arrive at the scene of a crime to search for clues. There are no…

Pig-Pen effect: Mixing skin oil and ozone can produce a personal pollution cloud

When ozone and skin oils meet, the resulting reaction may help remove ozone from an indoor…

Image: A whirlpool 'Warhol' from NASA's Spitzer telescope

Unlike Andy Warhol’s famous silkscreen grids of repeating images rendered in different colors, the varying hues…

Atomic motion captured in 4-D for the first time

Everyday transitions from one state of matter to another—such as freezing, melting or evaporation—start with a…

Long-term study reveals public health benefits from air pollution reductions

Research led by the Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (CEH) tracked the levels of emissions of…