Materials researchers have created a nanofiber that could help enable the next generation of rechargeable…
Month: March 2017
Information avoidance: From health to politics, people select their own reality
People deliberately avoid information that threatens their happiness and wellbeing. Researchers show that, while a…
A closer look at brain organoid development
Researchers already have succeeded in growing so-called ‘cerebral organoids’ in a dish — clusters of…
NASA’s aerial survey of polar ice expands its Arctic reach
For the past eight years, Operation IceBridge, a NASA mission that conducts aerial surveys of…
Energy crop production on conservation lands may not boost greenhouse gases
Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on seasonally wet,…
Why the discovery of a bevy of quasars will boost efforts to understand galaxies’ origins
Late last year, an international team including researchers announced the discovery of more than 60…
Hubble hones in on a hypergiant’s home
This beautiful Hubble image reveals a young super star cluster known as Westerlund 1, only…
Zika virus also may have harmful heart effects, research shows in first report in adults
Zika also may have serious effects on the heart, new research shows in the first…
Plants at the pump
Regular, unleaded or algae? That’s a choice drivers could make at the pump one day….
A new paradigm in parachute design
X-ray-based experiments will simulate — in microscopic detail — spacecraft parachute fabric performance in the…