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Published NASA's Perseverance rover investigates geologically rich Mars terrain - NASA's Perseverance Rover Explores Mars' Geologically Rich Terrain


NASA's Perseverance rover is well into its second science campaign, collecting rock-core samples fro...
Published Radio signals from distant stars suggest hidden planets - Radio Signals from Distant Stars Suggest Hidden Planets


Using the world's most powerful radio antenna, scientists have discovered stars unexpectedly blastin...
Published Researchers propose new structures to harvest untapped source of freshwater - Researchers Propose New Structures to Harvest Untapped Source of Freshwater


An almost limitless supply of fresh water exists in the form of water vapor above Earth's oceans, ye...
Published City digital twins help train deep learning models to separate building facades - City Digital Twins: A Revolutionary Tool for Deep Learning Models


To automatically generate data for training deep convolutional neural network models to segment buil...
Published Bomb-sniffing rodents undergo 'unusual' reproductive transformations - Bomb-Sniffing Rodents Undergo 'Unusual' Reproductive Transformations


Female giant African pouched rats, used for sniffing out landmines and detecting tuberculosis, can u...
Published Passenger car preheating produces as much particulate emissions as driving dozens of kilometers - Passenger Car Preheating: A Major Contributor to Particulate Emissions



A new study measured particulate emissions from passenger car preheating with an auxiliary heater in...
Published Flowers show their true colors - Flowers Show Their True Colors: The Science Behind Flower Pigmentation


A plant common to Japan, Causonis japonica, is the first to show a newly discovered trait. Its flowe...
Published Wild bumblebee queens lured and killed in commercial hives - Wild Bumblebee Queens Lured and Killed in Commercial Hives


While testing how well commercial bumblebees pollinate early spring crops, researchers made a surpri...
Published New robot does 'the worm' when temperature changes - New Robot Does 'The Worm' When Temperature Changes


A new gelatinous robot that crawls, powered by nothing more than temperature change and clever desig...
Published How intensive agriculture turned a wild plant into a pervasive weed - How Intensive Agriculture Turned a Wild Plant into a Pervasive Weed


Agriculture is driving rapid evolutionary change, not just on farms but also in wild species in surr...
Published Thread-like pumps can be woven into clothes - Thread-Like Pumps: The Future of Wearable Technology



Researchers have developed fiber-like pumps that allow high-pressure fluidic circuits to be woven in...
Published New quantum dots study uncovers implications for biological imaging - New Quantum Dots Study Uncovers Implications for Biological Imaging


Researchers report the synthesis of semiconductor 'giant' core-shell quantum dots with record-breaki...
Published Space rocket junk could have deadly consequences unless governments act - Space Rocket Junk Could Have Deadly Consequences Unless Governments Act



The re-entry of abandoned stages of rockets left in orbit from space launches have a six to 10 per c...
Published Circadian clock controls sunflower blooms, optimizing for pollinators - Circadian Clock Controls Sunflower Blooms, Optimizing for Pollinators


An internal circadian clock controls the distinctive concentric rings of flowering in sunflowers, ma...
Published Hunter-gatherer social ties spread pottery-making far and wide - Hunter-Gatherer Social Ties Spread Pottery-Making Far and Wide


Analysis of more than 1,200 vessels from hunter-gatherer sites has shown that pottery-making techniq...
Published Ways to tackle water security challenges in world's drylands - Ways to Tackle Water Security Challenges in World's Drylands


To counter the effects of climate change on drylands, a new study suggests that global access to wat...
Published Distortion-free forms of structured light - Distortion-Free Forms of Structured Light: A Breakthrough in Imaging Technology


Research offers a new approach to studying complex light in complex systems, such as transporting cl...
Published Slime for the climate, delivered by brown algae - Slime for the Climate, Delivered by Brown Algae



Brown algae take up large amounts of carbon dioxide from the air and release parts of the carbon con...
Published The thermodynamics of quantum computing - The Thermodynamics of Quantum Computing


In research on quantum computers, one aspect that has been mostly neglected until now is the generat...
Published Can clay capture carbon dioxide? - Can Clay Capture Carbon Dioxide?


Scientists have been using powerful computer models combined with laboratory experiments to study ho...