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Materials Science

A new material harnesses light to deice surfaces

A new sun-powered material could someday melt the ice off airplane wings, wind turbines and rooftops.

Planetary Science

The massive Mars dust storm is waning. Now, will Opportunity wake?

With a global dust storm on Mars finally passing, NASA hopes that its Opportunity rover will soon phone home.

Climate

As temperatures rise, so do insects’ appetites for corn, rice and wheat

Hotter, hungrier pests likely to do 10 percent to 25 percent more damage to grains for each warmer degree.

Neuroscience

Newfound skull tunnels may speed immune cells’ trek to brain injuries

Minuscule channels connect the skull to the brain’s outer membrane, studies in mice and people show.