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Scientists test yeast in space to produce food, medicine, and fuel for long missions, cutting costs and boosting self-reliance.
A tiny orbital lab is testing yeast in space, exploring how microbes could produce food, fuel, and medicine for future astronauts.
Mac Oliveau
Nuclear waste could become the key to fusion energy.
Researchers turn nuclear waste into fuel for the futureJoshua Shavit
Rochester researcher Chunlei Guo tests a solar thermoelectric generator (STEG) etched with femtosecond laser pulses to boost solar energy absorption and efficiency.
Laser-etched ‘black metal’ boosts solar power generation by 15xRebecca Shavit
Associate Professor Mojtaba Abdi-Jalebi with a small prototype of photovoltaic cells optimized for indoor light.
Scientists create indoor solar cells that could eliminate billions of batteriesRebecca Shavit
New chip-scale laser offers high-speed tuning and precision, reshaping sensing, LIDAR, and air detection technologies.
Cheaper, faster, stronger: Scientists develop the next generation of smart lasersMac Oliveau
New optical chip uses phase and intensity of light to speed up AI training with record efficiency.
Ultra-thin optical chip moves data energy-efficiently at record speedsMac Oliveau
New research connects deep-sea dust, ancient ruins, and historic blasts to a hidden cosmic threat: airbursts that can change Earth’s climate.
Cosmic Airbursts: The hidden impacts that shape Earth’s historyJoshua Shavit
More than 50 ships and 20 aircraft have been reported missing here over the past century.
Bermuda Triangle myths debunked by expertsJoseph Shavit
TGFs are brief but powerful emissions of high-energy photons linked to lightning activity.
Gamma-rays trigger lightning and alter atmospheric chemistryMelanie Livingstone
Pycnopodia in Burke Channel.
What killed 5 million sea stars off the coast of North America?Joshua Shavit
A visible-light photograph of an ultra-transparent solar cell constructed using a two-dimensional atomic layer.
The future of solar power is clear—literallyJoseph Shavit
A groundbreaking study has confirmed a powerful link between particles from faraway deserts and the clouds above our heads.
The Sahara Desert is triggering ice clouds in the Northern HemisphereRebecca Shavit
Scientists Teach AI to Dream Up New Materials for Revolutionary Batteries
Generative AI designed 5 new battery materials – more powerful and sustainable than lithiumJoshua Shavit
Air pollution raises dementia risk, new study finds. Exposure to PM2.5, NO₂, and soot linked to memory loss in 29 million people.
New global study links air pollution to rising dementia riskMac Oliveau
Potatoes originated about nine million years ago from a hybrid event between tomatoes and Etuberosum plants.
How ancient tomato genes created the potatoes we eat todayRebecca Shavit
Hybrid crystal-glass materials from a meteorite may help cut industrial emissions with steady heat conduction.
300-year-old meteorite deepens our understanding of how heat moves through matterMac Oliveau
Cosmic dust turned to glassy spheres is rewriting the story of Earth’s ancient air, offering sharp insights into past CO₂ and global life.
What space dust can teach us about Earth’s climate historyJoshua Shavit