When scientists finally cracked open the capsule from asteroid Bennu, they expected carbon, water-bearing minerals, and maybe a few familiar organic molecules. What they did not expect was a dense, ...

When scientists cracked open the first grains from asteroid Bennu, they expected a time capsule of rock and dust. What they ...

Rocks and soil collected from the asteroid Bennu and brought back to Earth last month by NASA's OSIRIS-REx probe are rich in carbon and contain water-bearing clay minerals that date back to the birth ...

This story has been updated to show robots at Material Bank can handle up to 8 orders. Five miles east from the FedEx Express World Hub is another hub that aims to break new ground. While FedEx ...

Technologies that underpin modern society, such as smartphones and automobiles, rely on a diverse range of functional ...

Kraig Labs’ technology platform combines genetic engineering and traditional sericulture to produce high-performance spider silk using silkworms rather than synthetic fermentation tanks. The result: ...

Infrared spectroscopy or IR spectroscopy is used for identifying a group of chemical species in a wide range of sample materials, especially for classifying organic chemical materials based on the ...