Malcolm Ritter

AP Science Writer

Only 5% of Manufacturers Are Winning With AI

Only 5% of Manufacturers Are Winning With AI

July 14, 2026

This photo shared by Indian Ministry of Railways on X shows India's first indigenously built hydrogen-powered train named the “NaMo Green Rail,” at Jind, in the Indian state of Haryana, Thursday, July 16, 2026.

India Launches First Hydrogen-Powered Train Built in the Country

July 17, 2026

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New Process Turns Mixed Plastic Waste Directly Into Hydrogen Fuel

July 16, 2026

Air Force Takes a Shine to Ground-Based Accelerator for Throwing Stuff Into Space

July 14, 2026

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June 22, 2026

This undated photo provided by Ciprian Ardelean in July 2020 shows a stone tool found below the Last Glacial Maximum layer from a cave in Zacatecas, central Mexico. Artifacts from the cave suggest people were living in North America much earlier than most scientists think. Researchers reported Wednesday, July 22, 2020, that the tools date to as early as 26,500 years ago, about 10,000 years before the generally accepted date for the earliest human presence in North America.

Stone Tools Suggest Earlier Human Presence in North America

People were living in North America much earlier than most scientists accept.

July 23, 2020

This electron microscope image provided by Marie-Helene Moncel in April 2020 shows part of a Neanderthal cord from Abri du Maras, France. The The specimen is a quarter-inch-long, made of 3 bundles of tree-bark fibers twisted together, with an age of some 40,000 to 50,000 years.

Ancient String About 50,000 Years Old

It's the first direct evidence of string making.

April 9, 2020

This undated photo provided by the National Science Foundation in January 2020 shows on of the Daniel K. Inouye Solar Telescope's first images of the sun, revealing its turbulent gas surface in what scientists called unprecedented detail. Prof. Jeffrey Kuhn of the University of Hawaii, Manoa says this image is about 10,000 kilometers (6,200 miles) on a side, and that the 'bubbles' on the surface are about the size of Texas.

Telescope Reveals Details of Sun's Surface

A telescope in Hawaii has produced its first images of the sun.

January 31, 2020

This combination of images provided by the Yale School of Medicine in April 2019 shows stained microscope photos of neurons, green; astrocytes, red, and cell nuclei, blue, from a pig brain left untreated for 10 hours after death, left, and another with a specially designed blood substitute pumped through it. By medical standards “this is not a living brain,” said Nenad Sestan of the Yale School of Medicine, one of the researchers reporting the results Wednesday, April 17, 2019, in the journal Nature. But the work revealed a surprising degree of resilience within a brain that has lost its supply of blood and oxygen, he said.

Scientists Spur Brain Activity in Slaughtered Pigs

It raises hopes for medical advances and questions about the definition of death.

April 18, 2019

This artist's rendering made available by NASA in July 2016 shows the mapping of the near-Earth asteroid Bennu by the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft. Scientists had thought the asteroid Bennu had wide, open areas to scoop up dirt and gravel. But on Tuesday, March 19, 2019, NASA announced the probe hasn’t found any big spots for sampling.

NASA's Asteroid Plan Hits Snag

A recently arrived spacecraft revealed the asteroid is covered with boulders and there don't seem to be any big, flat spots that could be used to grab samples.

March 20, 2019

In this December 2016 photo provided by the Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne researchers wring out an 'Oleo Sponge' pad to extract adsorbed crude oil obtained during tests at a seawater tank facility in Leonardo, N.J. Both the oil and the pad can be reused after this process.

Modified Seat Cushion Cleans Oil Spills

It can soak up oil floating on water and lurking below the surface.

March 7, 2017

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Patent Ruling Sways Biotech Fortunes

Federal patent office turns back a challenge to patents covering a widely used method for editing genes.

February 16, 2017

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Scientists Want to Make Human DNA

Scientists proposed a long-term project Thursday that involves creating DNA blueprints for making human beings, a prospect some observers find troubling.

June 3, 2016