Science

Scientists have captured images of the sun's surface in the finest detail yet, revealing a strange and dynamic facade. It's dangerous to look directly at the sun without proper eye protection. But researchers were...

Surveilling space“Since the dawn of the Space Age, Lincoln Laboratory has developed, prototyped, and/or operated essentially all radar and optical systems that the nation uses to surveil space. From detecting Sputnik in 1957 and conducting the first space-based tracking...

The researchers further integrated this air-stable superconductor into a superconducting microwave circuit. When tested, the material maintained its superconducting properties and exhibited high kinetic inductance, which is a resource for many quantum devices. In the long run, this advance could help miniaturize superconducting quantum computing hardware, as...

In warm, sunny weather, certain marine algae along American coasts and elsewhere can flourish into harmful algal blooms, producing a substance known as saxitoxin. This neurotoxin is deadly for many animals, and is the cause of paralytic shellfish poisoning...

Lithium-ion batteries are the leading choice in today’s electric vehicle and battery energy storage system industries, but they contain a number of critical minerals — including lithium, cobalt, nickel, and graphite — that are considered essential for economic and...

An emperor penguin colony in Antarctica had a run-in with a grounded iceberg that may have led to a disastrous breeding season.On Coulman Island, which is home to one of the largest emperor penguin colonies on the planet, surviving...

To avoid ending up with a less committed mate, some female birds listen for red flags in their suitor’s song.Male pied flycatchers change their song after mating, and females use these song features to tell if a male is...

To leverage the scalability of standard fabrication techniques while achieving the precision needed for handling molecules, the MIT researchers developed a decoupled, two-step approach.They first fabricate all the device components using standard semiconductor manufacturing, then incorporate the molecular material...

From left to right: Casey Swails, NASA deputy associate administrator; Mike Waller, vice president of BL Harbert International Federal Division; Edward C. Forst, administrator of the U.S. General Services Administration; NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman; Dr. Trina Dyal, director of...

For the first time, the birth of a humpback whale was captured via drone earlier this week.Filmed off the coast of New South Wales, Australia, on Tuesday, the video shows the water fill with blood...