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By harnessing the power of nanomaterials, these innovators have developed new ways to harvest water from the air and make seawater fit to drink.

Oct 06, 2017

Three astronomers—Amy Bender, Naoyuki Tamura and John Richer—travel to work at telescopes in the heart of Antarctica, the summit of Mauna Kea, and the barren Atacama Desert. Here's what those places look like.

Aug 25, 2017

For the first time, scientists have watched sleep transform the brain. The research confirms a long-standing theory about the value of sleep—and helps explain why sleep deprivation messes with our ability to remember.

Jun 22, 2017

Much to their surprise, scientists are finding dozens of black holes deep within densely packed collections of stars called globular clusters. Astrophysicists are using a record-breaking computer simulation to learn their secrets, including whether the clusters gave rise to recently observed ripples in space-time.

May 29, 2017

Lieven Vandersypen of the Kavli Institute of Nanoscience talks about the QuTech, its quantum computing partnership with Intel and industry.

Apr 07, 2017

Apr 07, 2017