Inexpensive, simple fabrication method poised to expand microlens applications

A growing number of applications, including smartphone cameras, depend on microlenses to boost performance. A newly…

San Francisco prosecutors turn to AI to reduce racial bias

In a first-of-its kind experiment, San Francisco prosecutors are turning to artificial intelligence to reduce racial…

Facebook's Zuckerberg is the focus of latest doctored video

Three weeks after Facebook refused to remove a doctored video of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi slurring…

Astrophysicists announce discovery that could rewrite story of how galaxies die

At the annual meeting of the American Astronomical Society in St. Louis, Missouri, Allison Kirkpatrick, assistant…

Jupiter-like exoplanets found in sweet spot in most planetary systems

As planets form in the swirling gas and dust around young stars, there seems to be…

Physicists take a step closer to building a graphene-based topological insulator

In 2005, condensed matter physicists Charles Kane and Eugene Mele considered the fate of graphene at…

Norovirus structures could help develop treatments for food poisoning

Noroviruses are a leading cause of food-borne illness outbreaks, accounting for 58% of all outbreaks and…

Table salt compound spotted on Europa

A familiar ingredient has been hiding in plain sight on the surface of Jupiter’s moon Europa.…

NASA explores our changing freshwater world

Water is so commonplace that we often take it for granted. But too much—or too little…

FCC wants to fix maps that now overstate broadband coverage

U.S. telecom regulators are trying to fix faulty maps that don’t reflect which Americans have access…