NICER Discovers the Ultracompact Orbit of the Accreting Millisecond Pulsar IGR J17062-6143

Abstract: We present results of recent Neutron Star Interior Composition Explorer (NICER) observations of the accreting…

PoreDesigner improves protein channel design for water treatment, bioseparations

PoreDesigner, a fully automated computational workflow process for altering the pore size of a bacterial channel…

Climate change negatively affects waterbirds in the American West

New research shows that recent climate change is having profound effects on wetlands across the American…

A Global Spatially Contiguous Solar-Induced Fluorescence (CSIF) Dataset Using Neural Networks

Abstract: Satellite-retrieved solar-induced chlorophyll fluorescence (SIF) has shown great potential to monitor the photosynthetic activity of…

Space Is Very Big. Some of Its New Explorers Will Be Tiny.

The success of NASA’s MarCO mission means that so-called cubesats likely will travel to distant reaches…

Drivers of Precipitation Change: An Energetic Understanding

Abstract: The response of the hydrological cycle to climate forcings can be understood within the atmospheric…

An Overall Assessment of JPSS-2 VIIRS Radiometric Performance Based on Pre-Launch Testing

Abstract: The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on-board the second Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)…

Belgian pigeon flies high in record 1.25 million euros auction

A star racing pigeon named Armando has fetched a record 1.25 million euros in an online…

Remote Cape with ‘world’s cleanest air’ offers smog respite

As much of Asia wheezes, coughs and sniffles its way through another smog season, one isolated…

Ethiopian Airlines crash: What is the MCAS system on the Boeing 737 Max 8?

Similarities between the Lion Air and Ethiopian Airlines crashes, confirmed by black box data, have focused…