by Yingjie Gu | Oct 18, 2017 | Business & Tech, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Blockchain, artificial intelligence, the internet of things and other innovative technologies will be the key to achieve maximum efficiency in the manufacturing supply chains, saving money and time for American businesses,?a senior trade official at...
by Ritu Prasad & Katie Watkins | Aug 31, 2017 | Environment, Featured, Science + Technology
It was June 29, and Dexter Rawlings had finished his first day of on-the-job training, installing solar panels on the rooftops of Washington. After hours under the unforgiving summer sun, he arrived home, exhausted. But an email was waiting for him with an encouraging...
by Ritu Prasad | Aug 25, 2017 | Featured, Science + Technology
What NASA knows about the space rocks coming into our neck of the solar system this year WASHINGTON — What’s better than a story about the apocalypse? We’ve been figuring out the best and brightest ways for humanity to end-as-we-know-it since we started telling...
by Christine Huang | Aug 25, 2017 | Featured, Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Global warming will fuel the overgrowth of harmful algal blooms in lakes and reservoirs, affecting the Northeast and Southeast most significantly, according to a new study. Using a detailed modeling framework, Steven Chapra, a Tufts University...
by Jane Bodmer | Aug 10, 2017 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – Last Friday, the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History hosted a Teen Takeover event. The event was run by teens for tweens and teens, and gave teen summer interns at the museum a chance to showcase their...
by Ritu Prasad | Jul 20, 2017 | Science + Technology
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration is sending mixed signals about its intentions for space. President Donald Trump’s budget would slash NASA funding dramatically. But last month he revived the long-dormant National Space Council. Trump wants to cut NASA by...