NASA scientists using data from its NOAA/NASA Suomi NPP satellite, has traced the movement of the…
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Street network patterns reveal worrying worldwide trend towards urban sprawl
New research from McGill University and the University of California, Santa Cruz has found that the…
Study weighs deep-sea mining's impact on microbes
The essential roles that microbes play in deep-sea ecosystems are at risk from the potential environmental…
More federal funding needed to increase Americans' active transportation habits
The federal government has allocated only about 2 percent of its transportation funds to encourage walking…
Colloidal quantum dot laser diodes are just around the corner
Los Alamos scientists have incorporated meticulously engineered colloidal quantum dots into a new type of light…
Not so fast: Some batteries can be pushed too far
Intentional defects in batteries have given Rice University scientists a window into the hazards of pushing…
NASA snow-chasers set to fly into East Coast winter storms
When giant white swirls of clouds cover the weather map with a winter storm warning, one…
A tool to democratize nanopore research
A nanopore is a tiny hole in a thin membrane with a diameter of around a…
Robotic gripping mechanism mimics how sea anemones catch prey
Most robotic gripping mechanisms to date have relied on humanlike fingers or appendages, which sometimes struggle…
Galactic gamma-ray sources reveal birthplaces of high-energy particles
Nine sources of extremely high-energy gamma rays comprise a new catalog compiled by researchers with the…