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A growing number of young professionals are showing early signs of kidney stress despite having no traditional risk factors. A nephrologist explains how workplace stress, late-night eating and sedentary lifestyles may quietly impact kidney health.

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Patches of the Sun’s surface often show strong magnetic fields. These fields can emerge within a matter of hours, and can decay slowly or quickly, sometimes over days, weeks, or even months. Thanks to a new study about these long-lived active regions, we now know much more about the patches where these strong magnetic fields […]

March 13, 2026 at 05:30AM
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The Daily Minor Planet citizen science project is expanding! In addition to data received nightly from the Catalina Sky Survey’s Mt. Lemmon telescope in Arizona, the project’s science team is now processing images from the Bok 2.3-meter telescope at Kitt Peak National Observatory. The Bok is a mighty telescope run by the University of Arizona’s […]

March 13, 2026 at 05:30AM
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NASA has selected eight student teams as finalists in the 2026 Gateways to Blue Skies Competition, giving them the resources to help address a critical challenge for U.S. aviation: maintenance.  Challenges facing the commercial aviation industry include a shortage of qualified maintenance workers and increasing demands to keep complicated aircraft running for longer. With Gateways to Blue Skies, NASA taps into student innovation to address some of the biggest […]

March 13, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Biofilms are communities of microorganisms that stick to one another and also adhere to a nearby surface. They are intricately associated with life on Earth, enabling functions essential to human and plant systems.

March 13, 2026 at 05:30AM
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Weight gain and injuries can hamper fitness goals. Yet, with persistence and proper direction, change is possible. From postpartum weight and leg pain, to running 10-kilometre marathons, Darshana Shukla’s journey shows that consistency, discipline and belief can transform life.

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The Low Boom Flight Demonstrator project (LBFD) is part of NASA’s effort to help enable new aircraft noise standards that are required to open the market to commercial supersonic flight over land. The federal government banned all civilian supersonic flights over land more than fifty years ago due to sonic boom noise. If new standards are established, the U.S. aviation […]

March 12, 2026 at 05:30AM
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