2015-08-24 Honeybees Are Disappearing, No One Knows Why
Entomologists — scientists who study insects — are working with other scientists to learn why bee colonies are dying in…
2015-08-19 US Company Developing Space-Based Plane Tracking
Experts say ground-based radar is unable to track more than 70% of aircraft flights. But that has continued to be…
2015-08-18 Futuristic Transport System Moves Closer to Reality
In the United States, a company is working on a project that could change the way we think about public…
2015-08-14 Scientists Aim to Freeze DNA Before Creatures Die Off
Earth is in the middle of its sixth mass extinction. The last such event took place 66 million years ago,…
2015-08-10 Study Finds 182 Tigers Left in World’s Biggest Natural Habitat
Tigers are the most powerful cats on the planet. Tigers are also endangered. A new study shows that the animals…
2015-08-03 Simulation Helps Control, Manage Traffic
Controlling traffic is a complex and high cost problem in many developed countries. It becomes more difficult and costly with…
2015-08-01 Solar Activity Can Affect Communication, Power on Earth
Scientists who study the sun watch for sunspots — violent storms that can affect communications, navigation systems and even electric…
2015-07-31 Changing Arctic Conditions Threaten Polar Bears
American researchers spent two summers studying polar bears on the Arctic sea ice. They found that sea ice, where polar…
2015-07-27 Why Do Mosquitoes Choose to Bite You?
Mosquitoes have an extraordinary ability to target humans far away and fly straight to their unprotected skin. Regrettably, mosquitoes can…
2015-07-20 Bladeless Wind Generator Safe for Birds
Wind turbines are tall structures with large blades used to produce electricity. They are useful sources of low-cost, renewable energy.…
2015-07-17 Fish Use Whole Bodies When They Eat
Fish are animals that live in the water. They are also vertebrates – animals that have a backbone and a…
2015-07-16 Defending Spacecraft and Astronauts Against Dust
Our Milky Way solar system began as small pieces of star-created gas and dust. They came together to form the…
2015-07-09 Personal Flying Vehicles Close to Reality
Many people have long dreamed of being able to fly around as simply as riding a bicycle. Yet the safety…
2015-07-06 New Device May Help Jet Pilots
While flying high above Earth’s surface, jet fighter pilots may suffer loss of eyesight for brief periods. Some pilots may…
2015-07-05 Oysters Return to New York’s Great South Bay
The Blue Point oyster is returning to the Great South Bay of New York after almost disappearing from the world…