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SEC Issues Warning to Investment Firms That Challenged ExxonMobil
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission issued an unusual warning this week to the country’s largest asset managers and a climate-focused investor group over their roles in a …
AI reveals how coating thickness changes the link between surface roughness and pitting resistance
Localized pitting corrosion can cause sudden failure in aluminum components even when overall corrosion rates are low. Steam coating offers a water-vapor-based route to protective…
Strong magnetic fields could allow white dwarfs to grow beyond the Chandrasekhar limit
When a dying star runs out of fuel and sheds its outer layers, its remaining core can become an approximately Earth-sized, extremely dense stellar remnant called a white dwarf. Fo…
Researchers call for national consortium to battle agriculture cyber threats
The threat of cyberattacks against American agriculture and food systems is growing, and Washington State University researchers are helping to lead a call for a national consorti…
Quantum chip holds multiple photons at once, opening path to scalable memory
For highly fragile quantum information systems, the ability to store quantum information is vital—but also challenging. Quantum information is transported in particles of light ca…
NASA Demonstrates Next-Generation Heat Shield Technologies
NASA is testing heat shields that can keep astronauts safe as they return from missions to the Moon and Mars in an unusual way: by taking out the trash. When Northrop Grumman 24th…
Ada Yonath obituary
Nobel prizewinning biochemist who succeeded against the odds in mapping the ribosomeFor years, the crystallographer and biochemist Ada Yonath had to contend with the disdain and s…
On this day in space! Oct. 9, 1992: Peekskill meteorite hits car in New York after streaking through the atmosphere
On Oct. 9, 1992, a space rock the size of a bowling ball fell out of space and crash landed on a woman's Chevy Malibu in Peekskill, New York. Here's why it mattered.
African antelopes spreading in New Mexico: How far could they go under climate change?
Majestic African antelopes known as gemsbok have been roaming the U.S. Southwest since their introduction in the 1960s and 1970s. Brought to New Mexico as a game species for hunti…
Scientists engineer microbe to help humanity settle Mars
A new genetically engineered microbe may one day help humanity settle Mars, a nonprofit biotechnology research startup suggests.
How plant enzymes learned to tell mirror-image molecules apart
Many naturally occurring molecules such as menthol or limonene exist in two mirror-image forms, known as enantiomers, that look almost identical but can differ greatly in smell, t…
Tiny marine microbe sheds new light on how little genetic machinery a cell needs to survive
Scientists have discovered a previously unknown microorganism that has the smallest genome ever found and may be able to replicate and express its own genetic information.
Light-responsive inks could make tattoos visible on demand, but safety remains unproven
A team of engineers has designed a new line of multicolored tattoo inks that switch on and off with different kinds of light. Described in a study published in Matter & Light, the…
Best space and sci-fi themed Halloween costumes for 2026
It's never too early to plan your Halloween outfit — here are some of the best space-themed Halloween costumes on the web.
Did the Soviet Union really fire a cannon from a space station?
According to some reports, at the height of the Cold War, the Soviet Union mounted a rapid-fire cannon aboard a secretive military space station.
Light reads electron spins inside porous crystals, opening path to quantum chemical sensors
University of Glasgow researchers are part of an international collaboration that could lead to a new generation of quantum sensors. The team, which included researchers from the …
From bogong moths to Christmas beetles—how to slow down and spot more insects
Millions of people worldwide watched as the Sydney Olympics came to a close in 2000. Meanwhile, thousands of bogong moths (Agrotis infusa) were airborne, making their annual migra…
Why you've probably been thinking about narcolepsy all wrong
The sleep disorder has been the butt of jokes and a comedic plot point, but the reality of living with narcolepsy is anything but funny. Things could be about to change for people…
The Milky Way glows over telescopes in the Atacama Desert | Space photo of the day for Oct. 9, 2026
Dark clouds swirl across a star-speckled sky as the Milky Way stretches above La Silla Observatory in Chile's Atacama Desert.
Cosmic House of Mirrors
Galaxies warp and multiply as if in a house of mirrors in this image from NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope released on Sept. 29, 2026. The brilliant golden galaxies seen here are…
Physics model reveals fundamental trade-off between prediction and energy efficiency in intelligent systems
Artificial intelligence is increasingly becoming part of our everyday lives, from digital assistants to robots that respond to their surroundings. Each of these capabilities is ba…
SPHEREx spots menagerie of brown dwarfs with atmospheric water and methane
NASA's SPHEREx (Spectro-Photometer for the History of the universe, Epoch of Reionization, and ices Explorer) space telescope is shedding light on brown dwarfs, celestial objects …
Trump awards SpaceX founder Elon Musk National Medal of Science
President Trump just gave Elon Musk and a handful of other tech luminaries the National Medal of Science, the highest honor the U.S. can bestow on a scientist or engineer.
China’s Blue Mirage
This story is part of an investigation conducted by an international team of journalists based at The Outlaw Ocean Project. Read the other stories here. Xinjiang is a land of unfo…