NASA's InSight 'Hears' Peculiar Sounds on Mars

Listen to the marsquakes and other, less-expected sounds that the Mars lander has been…

NASA's Juno Prepares to Jump Jupiter's Shadow

NASA’s Juno mission to Jupiter successfully executed a 10.5-hour propulsive maneuver to avoid a…

Dear Colleague Letter From NASA Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Thomas Zurbuchen

Dear Colleague Letter From NASA Science Mission Directorate Associate Administrator Thomas Zurbuchen Click here…

Students Challenged to Solve Real-World Problems by Participating in NASA OPSPARC 2020

NASA’s OPTIMUS PRIME Spinoff Promotion and Research Challenge (OPSPARC) lets students channel their inner entrepreneur and…

High-fructose and high-fat diet damages liver mitochondria

High levels of fructose in the diet inhibit the liver’s ability to properly metabolize fat. This…

Shape affects performance of micropillars in heat transfer

A researcher has shown for the first time that the shape of a nanostructure has an…

Why multipartite viruses infect plants rather than animals

Being in between living and non-living, viruses are, in general, strange. Among viruses, multipartite viruses are…

Early warning signals heralded fatal collapse of Krakatau volcano

On 22 December 2018, a flank of the Anak Krakatau plunged into the Sunda strait between…

Product authentication at your fingertips

Chemists have fabricated for the first time plasmonic color-switchable films of silver nanoparticles. Until now, such…

Just add water: Simple step boosts polymer's ability to filter CO2 from mixed gases

Researchers have found it can significantly boost an existing polymer’s ability to selectively remove carbon dioxide…