Scientists develop new tumor-killer

Scientists from Nanyang Technological University (NTU) and Lund University, Sweden, have bioengineered a novel molecule which has been proven to successfully kill tumor cells.

Compressing air for renewable energy storage

Study identifies two compressed air energy storage methods and sites for the Northwest.

Opening doors to foldable electronics

Researchers develop method to print highly conductive, bendable layers of graphene.

Beautiful flowers self-assemble in a beaker

Elaborate nanostructures blossom from a chemical reaction perfected at Harvard.

New discovery shatters conventional ideas of how agriculture emerged

Use of new analysis techniques provides food for thought about how people lived 5,000 years ago.

How NASA might revive the Kepler planet-hunter

Scott Hubbard, a consulting professor of aeronautics and astronautics, explains how NASA might bring the planet-hunting spacecraft back online.

Engineers monitor heart health using paper-thin flexible skin

Engineers created a wearable heart monitor thinner than a dollar bill that could one day provide doctors with a safer way to check the condition of a patient's heart.

Orion’s hidden fiery ribbon

This dramatic new image of cosmic clouds in the constellation of Orion reveals what seems to be a fiery ribbon in the sky.

MIGHTI Slated for Launch on ICON Mission

A instrument designed to study the Earth's thermosphere is part of a satellite mission that NASA has selected to move forward into development.

Human disease leptospirosis identified in new species in Africa

The newest public health threat in Africa, scientists have found, is coming from a previously unknown source: the banded mongoose.