Briefing: NASA to 'pause' orbital lunar space station project
Strategic angle: NASA's chief announced a shift in focus from the Gateway lunar space station to building a lunar base.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: CERN hails delicate test on transporting antimatter as a scientific success
Strategic angle: Scientists in Geneva took some antiprotons out for a spin—a very delicate one—in a truck, in a never-tried-before test drive that has been deemed a success.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: NASA Research Proposes Technology to Seek Earth-Like Exoplanets
Strategic angle: NASA is advancing technologies to locate and explore Earth-like planets beyond our solar system.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: South Africa's nuclear energy firm to tender for new multi-purpose research reactor
Strategic angle: The initiative aims to enhance research capabilities in the nuclear sector.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Stolen chloroplasts maintained by host-made proteins offer clues to plant cell origins
Strategic angle: Every plant cell is the product of a biological merger billions of years ago, revealing insights into the evolution of life.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Insulin pills may soon replace daily injections
Strategic angle: For over a century, scientists have chased the dream of insulin pills, but the digestive system kept destroying the drug before it could work.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Nanoparticles enable large-scale production of advanced cell therapies
Strategic angle: Researchers from Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University have developed a streamlined process for producing therapeutic particles called exosomes.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
Briefing: Europeans anxious over wars and push for more EU independence, study finds
Strategic angle: As conflicts in Ukraine and the Middle East intensify, Europeans are increasingly uneasy about global instability.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
China finds 9.7 million tons of rare earth oxides in major minerals discoveries
Significant mineral discoveries could impact global supply chains.
Editorial Staff Mar 24
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