News

  1. Materials Science

    Sea urchin shell lights the way for optical material

    Using the porous skeleton of a sea urchin as a template, materials scientists have fabricated a photonic crystal.

    By Alexandra Goho
  2. Agriculture

    Bees increase coffee profits

    Scientists studying a Costa Rican coffee farm have estimated the monetary value of conserving nearby wooded habitat for the bees that pollinate coffee plants.

    By Ben Harder
  3. Astronomy

    3-D solar eruptions

    Solar physicists have developed a technique to obtain the three-dimensional structure of coronal mass ejections by using two-dimensional images from the Solar and Heliospheric Observatory.

    By Ron Cowen
  4. Materials Science

    Savvy Sieve: Carbon nanotubes filter petroleum, polluted water

    A filter made out of carbon nanotubes has potential for such applications as processing crude oil and decontaminating drinking water.