This light-based engineer’s computers take inspiration from the brain
Bhavin Shastri still gets excited when he sees a laser pointer and has been fascinated by them since he was […]
Barnard’s star has at least one planet orbiting it
A red dwarf star known as Barnard’s Star, located just six light-years from our solar system, has at least one
A materials scientist seeks to extract lithium from untapped resources
Electric vehicles promise to help us move away from fossil fuels, but they present a new problem: how to get
A transatlantic flight could turn Saharan dust into a major ocean nutrient
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine
The Europa Clipper has set out to solve an alien mystery
NASA’s Europa Clipper spacecraft is on its way to help solve a quarter-century-old mystery: Could anything live in the ocean
X-rays from nuclear explosions can protect Earth from asteroids
An asteroid heading toward Earth can be deflected without ever touching a spacecraft. The trick is to use X-rays to
Climate change fueled the fury of Hurricanes Helene and Milton
Extreme Climate Survey Scientific news is collecting questions from readers about how to navigate our planet’s changing climate. What do
Storms ignite a ‘boiling pot’ of gamma rays
Above the cloud tops, storms blow with a complex and frenetic light show of high-energy radiation. A view from a
HIV and illegal drugs are a bad mix. This scientist found an unexpected reason why
It was like a Ph.D. student Dionna Williams realized fundamental flaws in the way medical science treats people who have
There is a new term for trying to master the wind
Wind ownership is available. As an unpaid intern at an energy company in England, Emilia Groupp spent two years creating