The war on wildfires is going high tech
Last December, a farmer was burning dry grapevines in his vineyard in Deir Mar Moussa, a hill town a dozen miles east of ...
From dead galaxies to mysterious red dots, here's what the James Webb Telescope has found in just 3 years
On this day three years ago, we witnessed the nail-biting launch of the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), the largest and ...
Morphological evidence supporting four giraffe species classifications
The University of Cape Town, along with the Giraffe Conservation Foundation, have conducted a large-scale study identifying ...
Astronomers discover an ultra-massive grand-design spiral galaxy
Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), an international team of astronomers has detected a new grand-design spiral ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe sets new record for sun proximity
Operations teams have confirmed NASA's mission to "touch" the sun survived its record-breaking closest approach to the solar ...
How pigeons, cats, whales and even robotic catfish have acted as spies through the ages
The death of a spy is rarely newsworthy, due to the secrecy surrounding it. But when a white beluga whale suspected of spying for Moscow was found dead in Norwegian waters in September, the animal ...
Scientists use machine learning to develop an opener for a molecular can
In an era of medical care that is increasingly aiming at more targeted medication therapies, more individual therapies and ...
Study sheds more light on the nature of compact symmetric object DA 362
Indian astronomers have performed a multiwavelength study of a gamma-ray emitting compact symmetric object known as DA 362.
Astronauts face unique visual challenges at lunar south pole
Humans are returning to the moon—this time, to stay. Because our presence will be more permanent, NASA has selected a ...
Light-driven method creates molecular fit that would otherwise be impossible
Exploiting an ingenious combination of photochemical (i.e., light-induced) reactions and self-assembly processes, a team led ...
NASA's Parker Solar Probe survives close brush with the sun's scorching surface
NASA's Parker Solar Probe has successfully made the closest approach to the sun, the space agency confirmed Friday.
Advancing unidirectional heat flow: The next era of quantum thermal diodes
Heat management at the nanoscale has long been a cornerstone of advanced technological applications, ranging from ...