New Nevada experiments aim to improve monitoring of nuclear explosions

The Physics Experiment 1-A field team outside the entrance to P-tunnel at Nevada National Security Site.…

Lake tsunamis pose significant threat under warming climate

The most active portion of the instability at Portage Glacier, looking down on Portage Lake and…

Cold sintering may rescue plastic, ceramics, battery components from landfills

Yi-Chen Lan, doctoral student in chemical engineering at Penn State and first author of a paper…

New process tackles pollution on dual fronts of plastic waste and fuel emissions

Plastic waste can be upcycled into diesel fuel by a process developed at Ames National Laboratory.…

New eco-friendly lubricant additives protect turbine equipment, waterways

Testing with ORNL tribology equipment found that new ionic liquid-based lubricant additives developed for water turbines…

Targeting friends to induce social contagion can benefit the world, says new research

Using friendship-nomination targeting to enhance social contagion. (Top) Two out of 58 people (red circles with…

Coastal hurricanes around the world are intensifying faster, new study finds

With landfalling hurricanes comes strong winds and boosted precipitation, two factors that can exacerbate the impacts…

Wildfires in wet African forests have doubled in recent decades, large-scale analysis finds

Study area encompassing locations with >50% forested land cover (green shading) falling within the Tropical and…

Research team develop porous sponge material for enhancing kidney hemostasis and repair

A schematic depiction showcasing the creation and functionality of a renal ECM-based sponge material, facilitating rapid…

Two small NASA satellites will measure soil moisture, volcanic gases

NASA engineers Austin Tanner (left) and Manuel Vega stand beside SNoOPI, short for Signals of Opportunity…