The Empowering Power of Ice
Blocks of ice are joining molten salt and compressed air as ways to deliver yesterday's energy when it's wanted today.
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‘Roach Motels’ for Bacteria
'Microspheres' prove devastatingly effective in trapping and killing tiny threats like bacteria and spores.
Give Me Something to Believe in
Adolescents are aware of the serious consequences of climate change. So why don't they do anything about it?
Toxicology of the Tiny
The race to know how nanoparticles affect living things is on, even as the use of those particles is increasing exponentially.
Smokey Bear Now Studies Computer Science
Understanding wildfire behavior and predicting its spread ...
Turning Off Huntington’s Disease
Amending the unmutated part of the mutated protein that causes a neurodegenerative disease may lead to a cure.
Ground Control to Yogi Bear
Understanding bears' success at dozing through foodless winters may help human medical care or even impact interstellar flight.
The Fires Down Below: ‘Look-Down’ Technology
Far above the rough terrain where wildfires thrive, satellite and aerial technology is being used to give firefighters on the ground the big picture.
Attacking Breast Cancer in its Heel
Research suggests a possible specific target for drugs fighting the most common type of breast cancer.
Science, Human Rights and the Military
The military commonly enlists science in its efforts. But when science is humanity, the relationship gets a little stickier.