Finding a killer electron hot spot in Earth's Van Allen radiation belts

A collaboration between researchers in Japan, the U.S., and Russia has found a hot spot in…

A long, hard look underground is required to reach net zero, say experts

Advances and investment in geothermal energy, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and bioenergy with carbon capture…

Scientists explain why some molecules spontaneously arrange themselves into five slices of nanoscale pie

Materials formed on vanishingly small scales are being used in medicine, electronics, manufacturing and a host…

Knowledge is a process of discovery: How constructivism changed education

Constructivism is an educational philosophy that deems experience as the best way to acquire knowledge. …

Wetlands, crops can mitigate storm damage to coastal cities, study finds

Coastal cities can be spared some wind destruction from intensifying hurricanes or tropical storm systems if…

Scientists 'tune in' to proton spin precession

Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Brookhaven National Laboratory have developed a non-invasive way to…

Teacher bias devalues math skills of girls and students of color, research finds

New USC research into how teachers evaluate the mathematical ability of students suggests that white teachers…

Astronomers discover two new galaxy protoclusters

Using Keck Observatory in Hawaii, astronomers have detected two new protoclusters of galaxies embedded in primordial…

A (sorta) good news story about a songbird and climate change

University of Manitoba researchers made a recent discovery that suggests Purple Martins, unlike other long-distance migratory…

An upcoming ESA mission is going to remove one piece of space junk from orbit

While working at the NASA Johnson Space Center during the 1970s, astrophysicist Donald Kessler predicted that…