Science

For a number of reasons, 2020 could be a watershed year for society and science. Astronomers and space agencies spent years managing the effects of the coronavirus epidemic. They also made progress in new technologies and said goodbye to some important projects. This year saw a new era of sample-retrieval …

U.S. The Department of Energy (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) is collaborating with the private industry on cutting-edge fusion research with the goal of achieving commercial fusion. This work supports the development efforts of high-performance fusion grade plasma, enabled through a public-private DOE grant program. In one such project, …

Satellite images of U.S. rivers have revealed a color-changing trend: over the past three decades, a third of the blue rivers in the past have turned yellow or green. The findings come after an analysis of about 235,000 images taken between 1984 and 2018. Among the color-changing rivers, 56 percent …

NEW YORK (AP) – Parents now have an extra reason to say no to candy, cake and ice cream for young children. U.S. for infants and toddlers The government’s first dietary guideline, released on Tuesday, recommends breastfeeding exclusively for at least six months and not adding sugar to babies under …

WASHINGTON – On December 30, the White House unveiled a national strategy for planetary protection, outlining new assessments to prevent global terrestrial pollution, and vice versa. The National Strategy for Planetary Protection, developed by the Interagency Working Group led by the National Space Council and the Science and Technology OG …