Tech: NASA’s Fermi mission reveals its highest-energy gamma-ray bursts — (Report)

For 10 years, NASA's Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope has scanned the sky for gamma-ray bursts (GRBs), the universe's most luminous explosions. A new...

Tech: Scientists use artificial neural networks to predict new stable materials — (Report)

Artificial neural networks -- algorithms inspired by connections in the brain -- have "learned" to perform a variety of tasks, from pedestrian detection...

Tech: Mountain splendor? Scientists know where your eyes will look — (Report)

Using precise brain measurements, Yale researchers predicted how people's eyes move when viewing natural scenes, an advance in understanding the human visual system...

Tech: Chang’e 4 Rover comes into view — (Report)

On Jan. 30 2019, Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera (LROC) acquired a spectacular limb shot centered on the Chang'e 4 landing site, looking across...

Tech: New inspection process freezes parts in ice — (Report)

"How on Earth did they make that?" asks Francesco Simonetti, commenting on an ice sculpture of a swan. Simonetti isn't admiring the artistry of...

Tech: Polymers jump through hoops on pathway to sustainable materials — (Report)

Recyclable plastics that contain ring-shaped polymers may be a key to developing sustainable synthetic materials. Despite some promising advances, researchers said, a full...

Tech: A streamlined pathway to value-added molecules — (Report)

For decades, chemists have aspired to do carefully controlled chemistry on carbon-hydrogen bonds. The challenge is staggering. It requires the power of a...

Tech: New record with entangled quantum bits — (Report)

In 1935, the physicist Erwin Schrödinger put forward the thought experiment with the quantum cat, in which the cat is enclosed in a...

Tech: Space jets accelerate particles and send a high-energy signal to Earth — ...

The night sky seems serene, but telescopes tell us that the universe is filled with collisions and explosions. Distant, violent events signal their...

Tech: Creating rings in natural antibiotic synthesis — (Report)

Scientists at the University of Bristol have revealed the secrets of the key ring forming cascade in the biosynthesis of a globally used...

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