New models explain canyons on Pluto moon

In 2015, when NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft encountered the Pluto-Charon system, scientists discovered interesting, geologically active…

Antarctica's ocean brightens clouds

The teeming life in the Southern Ocean, which encircles Antarctica, contributes to brightening the clouds that…

Fertility treatment does not adversely affect cardiovascular health of offspring, international study suggests

A large study looking at the effects of fertility treatment has found no robust difference in…

Plastic debris in the Arctic comes from all around the world

In the course of five years, citizens who went on sailing cruises to the Arctic surveyed…

Fungi and bacteria are binging on burned soil

UC Riverside researchers have identified tiny organisms that not only survive but thrive during the first…

New sodium, aluminum battery aims to integrate renewables for grid resiliency

A new sodium battery technology shows promise for helping integrate renewable energy into the electric grid.…

Changing climate conditions likely facilitated early human migration to the Americas at key intervals, research suggests

Researchers have pinpointed two intervals when ice and ocean conditions would have been favorable to support…

Engineers devise a modular system to produce efficient, scalable aquabots

Researchers developed a new approach to building deformable underwater robots, using simple repeating substructures. The team…

'Thrifty' low-energy budgets of primary cancer tumors quantified

In five different types of cancers, researchers found that tumors were successful at proliferating on low-energy…

Wild bumblebee queens lured and killed in commercial hives

While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surprising discovery: dead…