An exotic new approach could shrink kilometer-scale machines into table-top devices.

Russia is testing a new plasma rocket engine that would drastically reduce travel time from earth to mars using charged ...

Red-and-green-tinted clouds drift through the Martian sky in a new set of images captured by NASA's Curiosity rover using its ...

The odd superconductivity found in layered graphene may bring us closer to understanding room-temperature superconductors ...

Researchers at University of Tsukuba have discovered that the structure of vortices generated around a swimmer's feet changes with increasing speed during underwater undulatory swimming. Specifically, ...

The mitigation of aviation non-CO2 effects, in particular contrails, could cut the radiative forcing from aviation by half in the next decade. Furthermore, the European Commission requires the ...

While current optical and particle-beam technologies provide a foundation, they must be adapted for the unique challenges of interstellar propulsion. Innovations in beam steering, stabilization ...

Toxics in the air from urban wildfires may include dioxins, asbestos, and lead. But testing, until recently, for these air ...

HEDGE funds have long gotten bad press. Criticised for short selling, corporate agitation or destructive greed, their ...

SpaceX, the leader in launching US spy and military satellites, has already launched missile-detection satellites for the ...