Briefing: Tropical Cyclone Narelle Crosses Australia
Strategic angle: The powerful storm lashed the northern edge of the continent with damaging winds and drenching rain as it made landfall multiple times.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Private Company Wants To Bag House-Sized Asteroid For Resources
Strategic angle: Science fiction might be becoming science reality: Putting a big net up in space, then using it to catch asteroids, and mine them for valuable materials.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
See NASA’s GUARDIAN Catch a Tsunami
A new data visualization illustrates how an experimental NASA technology can provide extra lead time to communities in the path of a tsunami.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Why a canceled meeting feels so liberating
Strategic angle: A canceled meeting can feel like a gift of limitless time, according to a Rutgers University study.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Research suggests negative emotions at work can help, depending on leaders' empathy
Strategic angle: During a widespread crisis, negative emotions don't simply go away once the workday begins.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Male bats sing in the rotor-swept zone of wind turbines, potentially raising collision risk
Strategic angle: Research reveals that male bats produce courtship songs near wind turbines, increasing the risk of collisions.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: A sudden surge in luminosity: Stacked dyes hint at brighter organic semiconductors
Strategic angle: Research reveals how stacked dyes can enhance the brightness of organic semiconductors, potentially transforming their applications.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: From slices to whole bodies: How 3D cell atlases could reshape pathology research
Strategic angle: Exploring the potential of 3D cell atlases to transform our understanding of tissue structure and function.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Study reshapes understanding of interaction between organelles in animal cells
Strategic angle: New research reveals insights into cellular digestion processes.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: High-pressure freezing boosts cell survival with less cryoprotectant, study shows
Strategic angle: A high-pressure method of instantaneously freezing cells has proven to be effective in the first empirical validation of its kind.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: First Quantum Oscillations Observed in Gallium Nitride Holes
Strategic angle: Cornell researchers have made a groundbreaking observation of quantum properties in gallium nitride, a key semiconductor material.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Space Force adds cyber units to guard rocket launches
Strategic angle: ‘Cyber defense’ squadrons at Cape Canaveral and Vandenberg reflect growing concern over malicious hacks.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: NASA Data Hackathon Inspires Community Action
Strategic angle: On Jan. 31, students, library staff, researchers, and community members gathered at the University of Florida’s Marston Science Library for the Environmental Monitoring through Education, Research, and Geospatial Engagement (EMERGE) event.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Engineered E. coli can monitor arsenic, offering a cheap biosensor
Strategic angle: Cornell scientists have developed a sensitive biosensor using engineered E. coli to detect environmental arsenic, a significant pollutant in rice paddies.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: LLMs stereotype non-Western moral values in predictable ways, research finds
Strategic angle: Research led by Aliah Zewail reveals biases in large language models regarding non-Western moral values.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
NASA’s Hubble Revisits Crab Nebula to Track 25 Years of Expansion
A quarter-century after its first observations, Hubble provides a detailed look at the Crab Nebula's evolution.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Science Through Shadows: How Astronomical Alignments Reveal the Universe
Strategic angle: When one celestial object passes in front of another, it can cast a shadow that travels across space – and sometimes across Earth.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: NIH Grant Terminations Disproportionately Impact Women Scientists
Strategic angle: A new study reveals that women, especially early-career researchers, face greater challenges due to NIH grant terminations.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: Wildflower folk remedy shows modern potential for tackling antibiotic resistance
Strategic angle: Scientists have proven that a wildflower steeped in folklore for its medicinal powers has genuine healing qualities—and the potential to help combat antibiotic resistance.
Editorial Staff Mar 23
Briefing: The 'silent takeover': Invasive bees are reshaping Chile's unique pollination networks
Strategic angle: A new study reveals how invasive pollinators are fundamentally altering native plant-pollinator interactions in Chile.
Editorial Staff Mar 23