BYLINE: Christina Nunez
His work has broad relevance, including making the most of difficult-to-mine rare-earth elements.
In 2023, Saw Wai Hla and a team of scientists from the…

BYLINE: Christina Nunez
His work has broad relevance, including making the most of difficult-to-mine rare-earth elements.
In 2023, Saw Wai Hla and a team of scientists from the…

“Super-Earth” exoplanets may have an in-built way to protect themselves from harmful radiation, giving any potential life on such worlds a better chance of surviving, according to recent research.
Super-Earths, worlds larger than Earth but…

Gauna is very good at finding sharks. Here’s how he does it. Photos: YouTube//Screenshot
There are a lot of surfers living in and around Los Angeles. It’s a nice ocean off that…

If you thought humanity already had its hands full with climate change, think again.
With satellites and space junk increasingly cluttering our…

Scientists are tackling the challenge of building continually learning perception systems, but current research largely concentrates on single tasks. Bo Yuan, Danpei Zhao (from Beihang University and the Tianmushan Laboratory), Wentao Li, Tian…
Scientists have unveiled the most detailed picture yet of the so-called dark universe, bringing fresh clarity to dark energy, the mysterious force driving the universe’s accelerating expansion. The breakthrough comes from a comprehensive…

Youn Jue (Eunice) Bae, assistant professor of chemistry and chemical biology in the College of Arts and Sciences, is a member of a team that’s won funding from the inaugural Scialog Award focused on Quantum Matter and…

In late 2025, scientists reported that, for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on land using NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) sensor aboard the International Space Station….

Space-based technology could help track plastic and other flotsam by its ‘fingerprints.’
In late 2025, scientists reported that, for the first time, they were able to detect concentrations of plastic pollution on land using NASA’s Earth…