has given us a glimpse into the composition of this mostly inaccessible layer of the Earth. You can read full details in the journal Science. The types of rock we retrieved are known as abyssal ...

Patience and complexity are the hallmarks of fundamental scientific research. It takes time to do what we do at the ...

The tiny Japanese CubeSat was launched from Florida with the aim of bringing the space industry into a more sustainable ...

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Scientists have reported that the ozone hole over Earth's southern pole spans nearly 20 million square kilometers this year, almost three times the size of the contiguous United States, while ...

The age of Homo technicus could generate profound intellectual advances and solutions to our gravest problems. But first we ...

The S2 meteorite, discovered in 2014, was four times the size of Mount Everest and unleashed a tsunami bigger than any in known human history.

Patience and complexity are the hallmarks of fundamental scientific research. Work at the Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science takes time.

Timber! Japan has successfully launched the world's first satellite that's made out of wood. The satellite dubbed LignoSat, ...

The cost of renewables is plummeting, heat pumps are selling like crazy, and red states are raking in cash from the IRA.

Using traditional tools, like saws and chisels, they crafted the wooden components that would eventually orbit Earth. “Nobody had ever thought about using wood for rocket science before ... The ...

Opila, professor and chair of the Department of Materials Science ... earth oxides, tailoring properties to better protect the underlying substrate can be achieved with just a single layer ...