Team designs nitride-reinforced NbMoTaWHfN refractory high-entropy alloy

A new generation of refractory alloys with excellent high-temperature performance is urgently demanded for aero-engines, gas…

Thermal magIC: Digging into the details of an ambitious new 'thermometry camera'

Thermometers can do a lot of things: Measure the temperature at the center of your perfectly…

NASA's Chandra rewinds story of great eruption of the 1840s

Using snapshots taken over 20 years with NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, astronomers have learned important new…

Feds' cash stream supports Colorado River conservation—but the money will dry up

Despite a megadrought, states in the West have been able to avoid drastic cuts to their…

Researchers prepare for exascale supercomputer simulations of nuclear reactors

Nuclear energy is responsible for approximately one-fifth of total electricity used in the U.S., and nearly…

NASA's OSIRIS-REx capsule arrives in Houston

The first U.S. asteroid sample, delivered by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft to Earth on Sept. 24, has…

Soil carbon, nitrogen, soil fertility and climate change are tightly linked, new research shows

In a first-of-its-kind long-term study, a collaborative group of scientists, including senior author Ashley Keiser, assistant…

Fungus versus flies: Following a scent towards insecticide-free pest management

While a blueberry with a fungal infection might end up in most people’s compost bin, for…

Researchers fabricate chip-based optical resonators with record low UV losses

Researchers have created chip-based photonic resonators that operate in the ultraviolet (UV) and visible regions of…

Intercomparison of multi-model ensemble-processing strategies for climate projection in China

A new study led by Prof. Zhihong Jiang at Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology…