NASA shares mid-sized robotic lunar lander concept with industry

As NASA presses forward with the agency’s mission to the Moon, Mars and beyond, the development…

Smog in Iran shuts schools, universities

Air pollution forced the closure of schools and universities in parts of Iran on Saturday, including…

Science warnings, US retreat add urgency to UN climate talks

Mass protests, a last-minute venue change and talk of climate tipping points are adding some unplanned…

Armored with plastic 'hair' and silica, new perovskite nanocrystals show more durability

Perovskite nanocrystals hold promise for improving a wide variety of optoelectronic devices—from lasers to light emitting…

Electro-optical device provides solution to faster computing memories and processors

The first ever integrated nanoscale device which can be programmed with either photons or electrons has…

Amazon fires are causing glaciers in the Andes to melt even faster

If you have turned on a TV or read the news during the past few months,…

NA61/SHINE gives neutrino experiments a helping hand

Neutrinos are the lightest of all the known particles that have mass. Yet their behavior as…

New algorithms to determine eigenstates and thermal states on quantum computers

Determining the quantum mechanical behavior of many interacting particles is essential to solving important problems in…

Black Friday in Britain: where it all went wrong

This year has been challenging for retailers, to put it mildly. According to the British Retail…

Indian authorities may have exaggerated claims of rising tiger numbers

The Indian government claims that the national tiger population has more than doubled since 2006, but…