Rescued alligator that was recovering at NYC zoo has died

An abandoned and emaciated alligator that was found in a New York City lake and sent…

New federal program targets abandoned crab, lobster traps

The U.S. government is launching a new program to combat the scourge of abandoned crab and…

New approach to developing efficient, high-precision 3D light shapers

Modern-day technologies like optical computing, integrated photonics, and digital holography require light signals to be manipulated…

Simulations with a machine learning model predict a new phase of solid hydrogen

Hydrogen, the most abundant element in the universe, is found everywhere from the dust filling most…

New research is helping scientists better understand how microstructures change

The orientations of these infinitesimally small separations between individual “grains” of a polycrystalline material have big…

Nanowire networks learn and remember like a human brain

An international team led by scientists at the University of Sydney has demonstrated nanowire networks can…

UN reports 'off the charts' melting of glaciers

The world’s glaciers melted at dramatic speed last year and saving them is effectively a lost…

Fighting light pollution: The West Texas effort preserves one of the largest dark sky reserves

To sit under the vast expanse of stars is to imagine swimming across shining, stellar rivers,…

Four proposals to reduce Colorado's ozone pollution and improve air quality, explained

If there’s one thing that can be agreed upon when it comes to protecting Colorado’s environment,…

Most people feel 'psychologically close' to climate change, find researchers

When spurring action against climate change, NGOs and governmental agencies frequently operate on the assumption that…