“Invisible” Tattoos That Appear & Dissapper on Command Combine Modern Technology with a 5,000-Year-Old Art Form Christopher Plain·October 12, 2026Engineers have invented full color, light-activated invisible tattoos that can be turned on and off with UV and LED light wavelengths.
“One of the Most Important Challenges in Astronomy”: Scientists Unravel the Epic, Violent, Multi-Billion-Year Story of Water on the Moon Christopher Plain·April 7, 2026Researchers have debunked a decades-long theory suggesting the origin of water on the Moon was from a comet impact or other single event
Scientists Reveal New Clues About Ancient Lost World Hidden Beneath the Ice of Antarctica Christopher Plain·June 2, 2025A chemical analysis of rocks from an ancient lost world hidden beneath the ice sheets of Antarctica has yielded several new insights.
Skiing the Red Planet? New Evidence Suggests Ancient Mars Experienced Snow and Rain Christopher Plain·April 22, 2025A new analysis by UC Boulder geologists suggests the ancient Mars landscape was formed by falling precipitation, including rain and snow.
Lightning Strikes May Release Deadly, High-Energy ‘Killer Electrons’ That Can Fry Electronics and Humans Christopher Plain·October 12, 2024Scientists say lightning strikes may be releasing deadly high-energy "killer electrons" that can fry electronics and humans alike.
Scientists Demonstrate Key Technologies Behind Holy Grail of Timekeeping: The World’s First Nuclear Clock Christopher Plain·September 5, 2024A team of scientists have successfully demonstrated all of the technologies required to build the world's first nuclear clock.
Space Dust Gives Asteroids a Rough Appearance, Latest Studies of Asteroid Bennu Show Kenna Hughes-Castleberry·July 18, 2022Asteroids provide an extremely important resource for astronomers, which includes the way they help to unravel clues about...