Private companies are playing an ever greater role in space, in many cases with the blessing of national space agencies. Now Japan has issued...

In searching for planets and studying their stars, I’ve had the privilege of using some of the world’s great telescopes. However, our team has...

CRISPR Cancer Trial Success Paves the Way for Personalized TreatmentsHeidi Ledford | Nature“A small clinical trial has shown that researchers can use CRISPR gene...

An enormous neutrino observatory buried deep in the Antarctic ice has discovered only the second extra-galactic source of the elusive particles ever found.In results...

The push to retire combustion engine cars and transition to electric vehicles is intensifying, even as energy prices rise and electrical grids get stretched...

Solid-state batteries could be more energy dense, safer, and faster charging than today’s technology, but finding a way to make them commercially viable is...

Neoplants Bioengineers Houseplants to Use Them as Air PurifiersRomain Dillet | TechCrunch“Neoplants targets specifically a group of indoor air pollutants that can’t be efficiently...

Remnants of ancient viral pandemics in the form of viral DNA sequences embedded in our genomes are still active in healthy people, according to...

Thanks to its mild climate, expansive highway network, and lax regulations, Texas has become the country’s proving ground for driverless trucks. From cargo to...

In 2021, wind turbines generated over 9 percent of US utility-scale electricity. The majority of the turbines making up that figure are the horizontal-axis...

Scientists just taught hundreds of thousands of neurons in a dish to play Pong. Using a series of strategically timed and placed electrical zaps,...

Plastic waste is clogging up our rivers and oceans and causing long-lasting environmental damage that is only just starting to come into focus. But...