New method could shed light on workers' historical radiation exposure

Researchers in the UK have developed a new method for evaluating plutonium workers’ historical internal radiation…

Stanton T. Friedman, Scientist Who Tracked U.F.O.s, Dies at 84

He was a nuclear physicist until reports of Earth visits by space aliens seized his imagination.…

Eastern forests shaped more by Native Americans' burning than climate change

Native Americans’ use of fire to manage vegetation in what is now the Eastern United States…

Mathematicians revive abandoned approach to Riemann Hypothesis

Many ways to approach the Riemann Hypothesis have been proposed during the past 150 years, but…

Potential breakthrough in understanding tumor dormancy

Scientists may have uncovered a primary method through which cancer cells exist undetected in an organism…

Developing biosecurity tool to detect genetically engineered organisms in the wild

If a genetically or synthetically engineered organism gets into the environment, how will we tell it…

With a hop, a skip and a jump, high-flying robot leaps through obstacles with ease

First unveiled in 2016, Salto the jumping robot stands at little less than a foot, but…

Geneticists continue to unravel how genes impact drug use and addiction

Research is revealing new insights into how genes impact drug use and addiction through a novel…

NASA Invites Public to Help Asteroid Mission Choose Sample Site

NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission to the asteroid Bennu would like extra pairs of eyes to help choose…

FAQs: NASA’s Drone Traffic Management Research in Reno and Corpus Christi

NASA is researching what it will take to build a nationwide system managing low-altitude drone traffic…