The human brain efficiently executes highly sophisticated tasks, such as image and speech recognition, with an exceptionally lower energy budget than today's computers can. The development...
Patients with undiagnosed flu symptoms who actually had COVID-19 last winter were among thousands of undetected early cases of the disease at the beginning of this...
Although true "cyborgs" — part human, part robotic beings — are science fiction, researchers are taking steps toward integrating electronics with the body. Such devices could...
Uniforms of U.S. Army soldiers must meet a long list of challenging requirements. They need to feel comfortable in all climates, be durable through multiple washings,...
This image from the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope features the spectacular galaxy NGC 2442. This galaxy was host to a supernova explosion, known as SN2015F, that...
Two of Earth’s most colorful upper atmospheric phenomena, aurora and airglow, met just before dawn in this photo shot by an astronaut on the International Space...
With 2020 more than half way through, NASA is gearing up for a busy rest of the year and 2021. Following the recent successful launch of...
Headed to the Red Planet with the Perseverance rover, the pioneering helicopter is powered up for the first time in interplanetary space as part of a...
Long-term ecological site study shows no net insect changes. Scientists have been warning about an “insect apocalypse” in recent years, noting sharp declines in specific areas...
Observations of dwarf galaxies around the Milky Way have yielded simultaneous constraints on three popular theories of dark matter. A team of scientists led by cosmologists...