Science and Space
The big chill: Is cold-water immersion good for our health?
From early ocean dips to ice-cold polar plunges, cold-water immersion is increasingly popular among ...View More
A look into the dark
How can the latest technology, such as solar cells, be improved? An international research team led ...View More
New atom-based thermometer measures temperature more accurately
Scientists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have created a new thermomet ...View More
A less 'clumpy,' more complex universe?
Across cosmic history, powerful forces have acted on matter, reshaping the universe into an increasi ...View More
Scientists 'mimic real biological processes' using synthetic neurons
Artificially engineered biological processes, such as perception systems, remain an elusive target f ...View More
The hidden power of the smallest microquasars
Researchers found for the first time evidence that even microquasars containing a low-mass star are ...View More
Life's building blocks in Asteroid Bennu samples
Japanese collaborators detected all five nucleobases -- building blocks of DNA and RNA -- in samples ...View More
Exploring mysteries of Asteroid Bennu
During the past year, there's been an unusual set of samples at the Department of Energy's Lawrence ...View More
Moon is not as 'geologically dead' as previously thought
Scientists have studied the moon's surface for decades to help piece together its complex geological ...View More
Ocean-surface warming four times faster now than late-1980s
The rate of ocean warming has more than quadrupled over the past four decades, a new study has shown ...View More
