In a field defined by discovering, designing, and processing the materials that underpin modern technology, Diran Apelian ScD ’73 has a resounding message: Reuse can’t remain just the focus of a PhD thesis or a startup. It needs to be engineered from the beginning. Apelian, a metallurgist and MIT alumnusContinue Reading
Ernest Opoku knew he wanted to become a scientist when he was a little boy. But his school in Dadease, a small town in Ghana, offered no elective science courses — so Opoku created one for himself. Even though they had neither a dedicated science classroom nor a lab, OpokuContinue Reading
Much of the western U.S. is overdue for wildfire, with decades of suppression allowing fuel to build up across millions of hectares. Researchers estimate that 74% of the region is in a fire deficit, meaning far more land needs to burn to restore healthy forest conditions. Catching up would requireContinue Reading
Dr. John Sullivan Atmosphere and Enabling Capabilities Program Manager Dr. John T. Sullivan is currently serving on detail at NASA Headquarters since Spring 2025 as the Ground-Based Networks and Calibration/Validation Facilities Program Scientist and Deputy Program Manager for the Multi-Source Integrated Observatory. With a background in the Atmospheric Chemistry andContinue Reading
4 min read Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge A graphic for the Moon Mascot: NASA Artemis II ZGI Design Challenge. Freelancer Whose Moon Mascot design will join the Artemis II astronauts on their historic voyage around the Moon in early 2026? Between March 7 and Jun. 16,Continue Reading
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Mihailo Derek Rutovic Director, Airborne Science Program, Earth Science Division Derek Rutovic has served as the director of the Airborne Science Program (ASP) since June 2025. As the ASP director, he is responsible for managing the cost, schedule, and performance of the aircraft NASA uses to meet Earth Science airborneContinue Reading
Dr. Ed Nowottnick Program Manager, Radiation Sciences Program, Atmosphere, Earth Science Division Ed Nowottnick serves as the program scientist for the Radiation Sciences Program for the Atmosphere within NASA’s Earth Science Division’s Research and Analysis (R&A) Program since March 2025. As Radiation Sciences Program manager, his focus is reducing uncertaintiesContinue Reading
China’s experiments in clean energy can feel like living in the future. Even when things don’t quite work.Continue Reading
Dr. K. Emma Knowland Atmosphere Program Manager – Tropospheric Composition Research Dr. K. Emma Knowland is a Program Manager and Program Scientist at NASA HQ in the Science Mission Directorate’s Earth Science Division, where she manages the Tropospheric Composition Program (TCP) and serves as Program Scientist for several key NASAContinue Reading
Dr. Amanda Whitehurst Biosphere Program Manager – Terrestrial Ecology Research Dr. Amanda Whitehurst currently serves as the Program Manager for Biosphere in NASA Earth Science Research and Analysis Element. Amanda is also a Program Scientist for GEDI, LVIS, STV, and NISAR. In 2020, she joined Earth Science Division Flight ElementContinue Reading
NASA/Christopher LC Clark Justin Hall, left, controls a subscale aircraft as Justin Link holds the aircraft in place during preliminary engine tests on Friday, Sept. 12, 2025, at NASA’s Armstong Flight Research Center in Edwards, California. Hall, chief pilot at the center’s Dale Reed Subscale Flight Research Laboratory, and Link,Continue Reading
Clusters of light across North America as observed by the TEMPO instrument in February 2025. This false-color image represents the total light observed from that location, with red being the brightest. The TEMPO instrument observes more than 2,000 wavelengths of light at each location. NASA NASA’s Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring ofContinue Reading