Researchers assess aquaculture's promise and peril

Despite aquaculture’s potential to feed a growing world population while relieving pressure on badly depleted oceans,…

Soils or plants will absorb more CO2 as carbon levels rise—but not both

Carbon dioxide in the atmosphere fuels plant growth. As carbon levels rise, it’s appealing to think…

Optical fiber could boost power of superconducting quantum computers

The secret to building superconducting quantum computers with massive processing power may be an ordinary telecommunications…

Study compares three top atomic clocks with record accuracy over both fiber and air

In a significant advance toward the future redefinition of the international unit of time, the second,…

Semiconductor qubits scale in two dimensions

CPUs are built using semiconductor technology, which is capable of putting billions of transistors onto a…

Toward a better understanding of societal responses to climate change

As the signs of today’s human-caused climate change become ever more alarming, research into the ways…

NASA Engineers Analyze Navigation Needs of Artemis Moon Missions

Space communications and navigation engineers at NASA are evaluating the navigation needs for the Artemis program,…

How humans develop larger brains than other apes

A new study is the first to identify how human brains grow much larger, with three…

Shame of contracting COVID-19 can prevent individuals declaring infection to authorities

Feelings of shame and stigmatisation at the idea of contracting COVID-19 are linked to lower compliance…

Effective Field Theories and the nature of the universe

A lecture by the pioneer of Effective Field Theories (EFTs), Nobel Laureate Steven Weinberg, has been…