Rosalind Franklin: Mars rover mission delayed until 2022

Europe and Russia decide to postpone their mission to search for life on the Red Planet. …

Heat and light create new biocompatible microparticles

Biomedical engineers at Duke University have devised a method for making small particles that are safe…

Supercomputer helps in tracking East Africa locust outbreak

A supercomputer is boosting efforts in East Africa to control a locust outbreak that raises what…

Six-fold jump in polar ice loss lifts global oceans

Greenland and Antarctica are shedding six times more ice than during the 1990s, driving sea level…

ExoMars to take off for the Red Planet in 2022

Press Release N° 6–2020 The European Space Agency (ESA) and the Roscosmos Space Corporation have decided…

Banded mongoose study reveals how its environment influences the spread of infectious disease

With outbreaks of infectious diseases making headlines around the world, scientists are under pressure to understand…

'Spillway' for electrons could keep lithium metal batteries from catching fire

Nanoengineers at the University of California San Diego developed a safety feature that prevents lithium metal…

Greenland and Antarctica ice loss accelerating

The Earth’s great ice sheets are losing mass six times faster today than they were in…

Printing A Telescope For Space

This weirdly organic item is the answer to an engineering question: how to take the maximum…

Warming mountaintops put snake at risk of extinction

Climate change is a key factor contributing to the likely extinction of the Greek Meadow Viper,…