A materials scientist seeks to extract lithium from untapped sources
Electric vehicles promise to help wean us off of fossil fuels, but they introduce a new problem: how to get […]
Electric vehicles promise to help wean us off of fossil fuels, but they introduce a new problem: how to get […]
While SpaceX’s Starlink satellites are enabling internet access and cell phone communications around the globe, they’re also posing a threat
Horse-riding Scythian herders and warriors, who inhabited Central Asia and Eastern Europe around 2,500 years ago, may have had cultural
In 2013, Ning Zeng came across a very old, and ultimately very important, log. He and his colleagues were digging
Stitches are getting a shocking upgrade. In an experiment in rats, a new strong, flexible thread hastened wound healing by
The word “bionic” conjures sci-fi visions of humans enhanced to superhuman levels. It’s true that engineering advances such as better
Dust pollution is known to contribute to asthma and heart and lung disease. But dust blowing from Utah’s Great Salt
As dust from the Sahara blows thousands of kilometers across the Atlantic Ocean, it becomes progressively more nutritious for marine
Displacement is in the nature of a river. But when a river breaks from its channel and carves a new
As more and more species come close to extinction, scientists have been collecting samples of animals, plants and other creatures