Engineers have spent decades trying to design a cable strong enough to stretch from Earth to orbit, but gravity, tension, and ...

Mayonnaise is having a moment far beyond the sandwich. In orbit and on the lab bench, scientists are turning this everyday condiment into a precision tool to probe how complex fluids behave in ...

Good manners occasionally need to be refreshed. In workplaces everywhere, that refresher couldn’t come sooner.

Dame Maggie Aderin-Pocock tells us why the future of space exploration matters and how she hopes to inspire the next ...

She worked on preparations for the second, third, and fourth shuttle missions, and was a Cape Crusader at the Kennedy Space ...

AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- via IBN - IBN, a multifaceted communications organization engaged in ...

Benjamin Sanderse has received a major European grant to tackle a problem that defeats even supercomputers: reliably ...

University of Chicago students Logan Hanssler and Elijah Jenkins, both fourth-years in the College, have been selected as 2026 Marshall Scholars. Each will be provided the opportunity to study in ...

As a technology entrepreneur, I applaud Google’s ambitious plan. But as a space scientist, I predict that the company will ...

Candidate Name: Sreeja Purkait Degree : Master’s Defense Date: Friday, Dec. 12, 2025 Time : 3 to 5 p.m. Location :Olney Hall, Department of Physics Conference room Thesis/Dissertation Title: Design ...

NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover has recorded the sounds of electrical discharges —sparks — and mini-sonic booms in dust devils on Mars. Long theorized, the phenomenon has now been confirmed through ...