Plasma-based engineering creates contact-killing, antifouling, drug-release surfaces

The deepening concern over antibiotic-resistant infections, coupled with prevailing hospital-acquired infections from surgical tools, implants, and…

Webb telescope fully deploys sunshield in mission milestone: NASA

The James Webb Space Telescope fully deployed its five-layer sunshield Tuesday, a critical milestone for the…

Second and third layers of Webb telescope sunshield fully tightened

The Webb team has completed tensioning for the first three layers of the observatory’s kite-shaped sunshield,…

Coughing downward reduces spread of respiratory droplets: study

With many people heading indoors for the winter months and respiratory droplets acting as a major…

Orion's fireplace: New image of the Flame Nebula

Orion offers you a spectacular firework display to celebrate the holiday season and the new year…

Risk vs. reward: How towns care for trees varies

When a hurricane or other violent storm blows through a community, one of the first pictures…

Beavers support freshwater conservation and ecosystem stability

One of the most comprehensive studies conducted on beavers has conclusively demonstrated that beavers are essential…

Resolving the black hole 'fuzzball or wormhole' debate

Black holes really are giant fuzzballs, a new study says. Click here for original…

Forensic researchers call for proactive efforts to address racism

Forensic researchers are calling for the research community to be more proactive about addressing systemic racism…

Exploring the hyperchaos of mid-infrared lasers

Chaos, often popularized as the ‘butterfly effect’, describes the irregular phenomenon of deterministic systems. Based on…