Lead Stories

Let there be water
The world faces a water crisis. But researchers are tapping advanced science to avert it.
Technologies to cool the world
Scientists are working on technologies to bring down temperatures — of places and people — sustainably.
Materials that cool sustainably
The hunt is on for materials that can bring temperatures down without using power.
Eye on the future
Cutting-edge therapies and biomaterials are propelling eyecare into the next era.
The eye is a window to the body
Researchers have long seen the eye, with its trove of health data, as a window to the body.