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NASA sees a well-organized typhoon Maria
1:42pm, 9th July, 2018

NASA sees a well-organized typhoon Maria

(NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center) Maria appeared as a well-organized storm on infrared NASA satellite imagery on July 9. Maria has fluctuated between typhoon and super typhoon strength and was a typhoon when NASA's Aqua satellite passed overhea...
Generating electrical power from waste heat
11:10am, 9th July, 2018

Generating electrical power from waste heat

(DOE/Sandia National Laboratories) Researchers from Sandia National Laboratories have developed a tiny silicon-based device that can harness what was previously called waste heat and turn it into DC power. Their advance was recently published in Phys...
3 Ways Cities Can Become More Sustainable
12:17am, 9th July, 2018

3 Ways Cities Can Become More Sustainable

With the majority of the population moving into urban centers in coming decades, the actions of city planners now could create a better future for us all. But how?-- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com
Cross species transfer of genes has driven evolution
8:15pm, 8th July, 2018

Cross species transfer of genes has driven evolution

(University of Adelaide) Far from just being the product of our parents, University of Adelaide scientists have shown that widespread transfer of genes between species has radically changed the genomes of today's mammals, and been an important d...