Tower extension test a success for NASA's James Webb Space Telescope

To test the James Webb Space Telescope’s readiness for its journey in space, technicians successfully commanded…

Lab makes 4-D printing more practical

Soft robots and biomedical implants that reconfigure themselves upon demand are closer to reality with a…

Climate change brings fires, floods and moths to Siberia

Best known as a vast, cold tundra, Russia’s sprawling Siberia region is being transformed by climate…

From space, Russian cosmonauts fight chess grandmaster to a draw

Two Russian cosmonauts aboard the International Space Station played chess against an Earth-bound grandmaster on Tuesday,…

Siberian oil spill contaminates Arctic lake

An oil spill that sparked a state of emergency has contaminated a freshwater lake in the…

France's wolf population rises further to 580 adults

France’s wild wolf population rose again last year, with officials counting 580 adults at winter’s end…

Amazon risks combusting with twin fire, virus crises

As tens of thousands of fires consumed the Amazon last year, it seemed the world’s biggest…

Examining a snapshot of exploding oxygen

For more than 200 years, we have been using X-rays to look inside matter and progressing…

Presence of airborne dust could signify increased habitability of distant planets

Scientists have expanded our understanding of potentially habitable planets orbiting distant stars by including a critical…

Biohybrid model uses organic lungs, synthetic muscles to re-create respiration mechanics

Benchtop tools for studying the respiratory system misrepresent the interdependence between the diaphragm, abdomen and lungs.…