A new study has revealed the alarming extent glaciers have shrunk over the past 40 years in a global warming...
Active galactic nuclei are supermassive black holes at the center of certain galaxies. As matter falls into these black holes,...
Paper-thin optical lenses simple enough to mass produce like microchips could enable a new generation of compact optical devices. A...
Ants, with their highly organized social behavior, have long inspired research. In particular, they have often inspired simple solutions to...
Increasingly common since 1980, persistent multi-year droughts will continue to advance with the warming climate, warns a study from the...
A doorbell camera on a Canadian home captured rare video and sound of a meteorite striking Earth as it crashed...
A team of researchers has discovered a new way to control the magnetic behavior of quantum materials using applied voltages....
Freshwater ecosystems cover less than 1% of Earth’s surface, but are vital for life on this planet. New research reveals...
Salt pollution in freshwater is a growing global concern. Excessive salt harms plants, degrades soil, and compromises water quality. In...
The sun, a searing hot sphere of gas primarily composed of hydrogen and helium, boasts surface and outer atmospheric temperatures...
The next generation of atomic clocks “ticks” with the frequency of a laser. This is about 100,000 times faster than...
Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Joint Genome Institute (JGI), a DOE Office of Science User Facility located...
