Big data technique reveals previously unknown capabilities of common materials

When scientists and engineers discover new ways to optimize existing materials, it paves the way for…

Male and female mice have different brain cells

Caltech researchers have discovered rare brain cell types that are unique to male mice and other…

Chemists find new way of creating the building blocks of many drugs

Organic chemists at The Ohio State University have figured out how to synthesize the most common…

Next-generation sequencing used to identify cotton blue disease in the United States

Cotton blue disease, caused by Cotton leafroll dwarf virus (CLRDV), was first reported in 1949 in…

First report of cotton blue disease in the United States

In August 2017, Kathy S. Lawrence, a plant pathologist at Auburn University, received a call from…

Mars InSight's 'mole' is moving again

NASA’s InSight spacecraft has used its robotic arm to help its heat probe, known as “the…

The clumpy and lumpy death of a star

In 1572, Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe was among those who noticed a new bright object in the…

Museums put ancient DNA to work for wildlife

Scientists who are trying to save species at the brink of extinction are finding help in…

NASA sounding rocket technology could enable simultaneous, multi-point measurements—first-ever capability

NASA engineers plan to test a new avionics technology—distributed payload communications—that would give scientists a never-before-offered…

Assigning workers to new networks boosts sustainability

Organizations looking to lead quests for sustainability can train troops within their ranks, but the traditional…