Giant telescope backers to seek permit for alternative site

The director of a Spanish research center says the international consortium that wants to build a…

Researchers take key step toward cancer treatments that leave healthy cells unharmed

Researchers have opened up a possible avenue for new cancer therapies that don’t have the side…

Short-lived Tropical Storm Gil gives a kick on NASA imagery

Tropical Storm Gil was a two day tropical cyclone in the Eastern Pacific Ocean. It formed…

Missing link in algal photosynthesis found, offers opportunity to improve crop yields

Photosynthesis is the natural process plants and algae utilize to capture sunlight and fix carbon dioxide…

Researchers forecast failure in disordered materials

Disordered materials—such as cellular foams, fiber and polymer networks—are popular in applications ranging from architecture to…

NASA gazes into Tropical Storm Lekima in Philippine Sea

NASA’s Aqua satellite gazed into Tropical Storm Lekima as it moved through the Philippine Sea on…

NASA Catches tropical storm Francisco's approach to landfall in southern Japan

Infrared imagery from NASA’s Aqua satellite shows that Tropical Storm Francisco had powerful thunderstorms with heavy…

NASA finds one small area of strong storms left in fading Flossie

NASA’s Terra satellite found one small area of strong storms left in Tropical Depression Flossie on…

Fertilizer feast and famine: Solving the global nitrogen problem

Commercial organic and synthetic nitrogen fertilizer helps feed around half of the world’s population. While excessive…

Maya more warlike than previously thought

What was the role of warfare in Mayan civilization? New evidence from lake sediments around the…