Inside the target chamber at the National Ignition Facility, where researchers are working to increase the energy output of nuclear fusion. (Image credit: Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Lawrence Livermore National Security, LLC, and Department of Energy: National Ignition Facility, public…
French photographer and marine biologist Laurent Ballesta's Golden Horseshoe has been awarded the 20
Organoids derived from stem cells can be engineered to mimic the biology of the human heart. (Image credit: Yonatan R. Lewis-Israeli et al. 2021/Nature Communications, CC BY-SA 4.0
(Image credit: Innatera) LAS VEGAS — The world’s first “neuromorphic chip” that could dramatically extend the battery life of smart devices will hit stores next year. The chip, which mimics the structure of the human brain, is designed to bring…
A map showing areas of the United States where hydrogen reserves are unlikely to exist (white to light blue) and where hydrogen reserves are likely to exist (blue to dark blue). (Image courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey) A first-of-its-kind…
Snow crab (Chionoecetes opilio) numbers in the eastern Bering Sea declined sharply following the marine heatwave of 2018 and 2019. More than 10 billion snow crabs have disappeared from the Bering Sea in recent years, and we now understand why:…