Science and Technology
Astronomers Discover Powerful, Newborn, Radio-Emitting Jets in Distant Galaxies
Astronomers using data from the ongoing VLA Sky Survey (VLASS) have found a number of distant galaxies with supermassive black...
A robot that tells growers when to water crops is on the way
Researchers are creating an autonomous mobile robot to sample leaves and measure their water potential. Every backyard gardener knows how...
Heat and Dust Help Launch Martian Water High Into the Atmosphere Where Lost to Space
Scientists using an instrument aboard NASA’s Mars Atmosphere and Volatile EvolutioN, or MAVEN, spacecraft have discovered that water vapor near...
NASA’s Curiosity Takes Selfie With ‘Mary Anning’ on the Red Planet
The Mars rover has drilled three samples of rock in this clay-enriched region since arriving in July. NASA’s Curiosity Mars...
Holographic fluorescence imaging to 3-D track extracellular vesicles
Biologists commonly use fluorescence microscopy due to the molecular specificity and super-resolution of the technique. However, the method is withheld...
Findings on short-range nuclear interactions will help scientists investigate neutron stars and heavy radioactive nuclei
Atoms in a gas can seem like partiers at a nanoscopic rave, with particles zipping around, pairing up, and flying...
Astronauts head to launch site for SpaceX’s 2nd crew flight
Four astronauts headed to Kennedy Space Center on Sunday for SpaceX's second crew launch, coming up next weekend. For NASA,...
U.S.-European Sentinel-6 Sea Level Satellite Gears Up for Launch
The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft will soon be heading into orbit to monitor the height of the ocean for nearly...
Researchers demonstrate a superconductor previously thought impossible
Superconductivity is a phenomenon in which an electric circuit loses its resistance and becomes extremely efficient under certain conditions. There...
Machine learning helps predicting the risk of cardiovascular disease for diabetes patients
People suffering from type 2 diabetes are much more likely to develop a cardiovascular disease. This is, of course, very...