Why do massive (and not-so-massive) stars form?

The Milky Way Project: Probing Star Formation with a New Yellowball Catalog presents a study of…

NASA's Mars 2020 will blaze a trail for humans

When a female astronaut first sets foot on the moon in 2024, the historic moment will…

Moon maps, lunar origins and everything between

The moon’s consistent appearance in the sky each night may lull earthlings into a sense of…

National MagLab creates world-record magnetic field with small, compact coil

A novel magnet half the size of a cardboard toilet tissue roll usurped the title of…

Soon, air pollution could be measured on every street corner

Air pollution is responsible for 550,000 premature deaths a year in Europe and 7 million worldwide,…

Solving the mystery of why atmospheric carbon dioxide was lower during ice ages

Since scientists first determined that atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) was significantly lower during ice age periods…

Those who live longer have fewer children

A long life and lots of children—that was quite a common aspiration until not so long…

Breathing new life into dye-sensitized solar cells

Researchers at the Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences at Kyoto University have made a popular type…

Enhanced human Blood-Brain Barrier Chip performs in vivo-like drug and antibody transport

Like airport security barriers that either clear authorized travelers or block unauthorized travelers and their luggage…

Zebras' stripes could be used to control their temperature, reveals new study

New research published in the Journal of Natural History indicates that zebras’ stripes are used to…