When the planet was heating up at the end of the last Ice Age, ice-melt flooded out by glaciers made oceans rise. Scientists for decades believed that most meltwater had originated from Antarctica. Now, with research headed by Tulane University…
Fungi are best known for returning dead, organic matter to the Earth, but materials scientists are exploring whether they could someday help our bodies repair, in the form of special hydrogels.
To play a role in biomedical settings, a hydrogel…
A swirl of gas and dust orbits a young star named HD 135344B, 440 light-years away in the constellation Scorpius. Inside that haze, astronomers have spotted telltale spirals that most theories link to the tug of a growing world.
Now, fresh images…
Self-management is an important approach to mitigating the impact of long-term disorders. Self-management enables people with ongoing conditions to “make informed choices, adopt a new perspective and generic skills that can be applied to new…
Mixed materials, such as concrete, are composed of different components that are scattered randomly. Determining where each part ends up, whether in concrete or underground rock, can help scientists develop stronger materials, assess the safety…
NASA has revealed that Earth is getting darker – here is why this is happening and what it means for humanity.
For the past 24 years, researchers at NASA have been monitoring our planet’s radiation budget. Also known as the Earth’s energy…
Scientists may have spotted ‘wind’ blowing from the Milky Way’s supermassive black hole.
Most supermassive black holes don’t just swallow up matter, they eject it, sometimes in spectacular jets of super…
