By: Ben P. Stein Right after the pandemic hit, I bought a new vacuum cleaner. I wanted to step up my housecleaning skills since I knew I’d be home a lot more. I was able to buy mine right away,…

The Horsehead Nebula Region without Stars Image Credit & Copyright: George Chatzifrantzis Explanation: The famous Horsehead Nebula in Orion is not alone. A deep exposure shows that the dark familiar shaped indentation, visible just right of center, is part of…

NASA has selected three companies to further advance work on deployable solar array systems that will help power the agency's human and robotic exploration of the Moon under Artemis. Through Artemis missions, NASA will return humans to the Moon and…

By Winifred Brown PRESIDIO OF MONTEREY, CA – A team of archaeologists has solved the mystery of what lies under a layer of abalone shells on a proposed construction site at the Presidio of Monterey. Laura Prishmont-Quimby, the archaeologist and…

Engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have built a low-cost computer system that connects older public safety radios with the latest wireless communications networks, showing how first responders might easily take advantage of broadband technology offering…

By William Weir Yale researchers are developing a skin cancer treatment that involves injecting nanoparticles into the tumor, killing cancer cells with a two-pronged approach, as a potential alternative to surgery. The results are published in the Proceedings of the…

New method could potentially reduce carbon dioxide emission into the atmosphere and slash costs of chemical manufacturing. Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and their colleagues have demonstrated a room-temperature method that could significantly reduce carbon…

Winners will receive $276,000 in prizes for breakthroughs in formal data privacy. BOULDER, Colo. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has launched a crowdsourcing challenge to spur new methods to ensure that important…

GAITHERSBURG, Md. — The U.S. Department of Commerce’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has awarded 19 small businesses in 12 states a total of more than $4.4 million in grants to support innovative technology development. The awardees will…

Trump Administration Aims to Ensure U.S. Offshore Competitiveness WASHINGTON –The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) and the Bureau of Safety and Environmental Enforcement (BSEE) will advance new research into whether certain policy changes could help increase oil and gas…

By: Nancy Lin Advanced therapies are poised to change the face of medicine, promising to cure diseases that have long resisted us. But there are many challenges to overcome before we can make full use of these life-saving therapies, including…

Dr. Jeff Burgess, associate dean for research in the UArizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health, received a grant of $7.7 million from the Centers for Disease Control to to conduct a COVID-19 research study called AZ HEROES…