News

  1. Earth

    Global Wetting and Drying: Regions face opposing prospects for water supply

    In the next half century, rivers and streams in some parts of the world will diminish in flow, while waterways elsewhere rise in output, according to a new analysis of climate simulations.

    By Ben Harder
  2. Astronomy

    Infrared telescope spies mountains of star creation

    Viewing a star-making region in the infrared, the Spitzer Space Telescope has captured mountains of gas and dust being eroded by winds and radiation from a massive star, triggering waves of star birth.

    By Ron Cowen
  3. Tech

    Hidden in Disorder: Chaos-encrypted information goes the distance

    Scientists have demonstrated that a message encrypted in a chaotic laser signal can be transmitted more than 100 kilometers through a commercial optical-fiber network.