Highly detailed 3D scans of dense tropical rain forest plots are enabling precise estimates of tree structure, volume and ...
New analysis reveals persistent environmental inequality in the United States. Communities of color are three times more likely than white communities to live in nature-deprived areas, and ...
X-ray free electron lasers (XFELs) are particle accelerators that create pulses of light of extremely short duration, similar to that of some lasers used in eye surgery. Combined with the X-ray energy ...
How big would a telescope need to be to see Earth’s dinosaurs from 66 million light-years away? Think big—and then think ...
A Downtown Revitalization Initiative-funded project has been delayed because contamination has been found at the site.
Written by Abigail Fraeman, Curiosity Deputy Project Scientist Earth planning date: Friday, Feb. 13, 2026 Curiosity spent this week at Gale crater completing the last few activities associated with ...
When I was in junior high, I remember my science teacher sounding off about how illogical the American measuring system is. He gave several examples of its absurdity; the one ...
An experiment measuring a single atom's recoil confirmed that observing a particle destroys interference, settling the ...
They're all around us: sensors and satellites, radars and drones. These tools form vast remote sensing networks that collect data on the climate, the ground, the air, and the water. This information ...
Scientists have long believed that around 700 million years ago, Earth experienced extreme cold conditions, known as a "snowball Earth", where ice stretched from the poles to the equator. However, the ...
Scientists have discovered a rogue planet roaming the Milky Way after combining observations from Earth and a space telescope. This rare dual perspective allowed them to weigh the planet and pinpoint ...