There is growing concern about the conservation of seabirds. Globally, their conservation status is worsening at a much faster rate than for any other group of birds. Today, about 30% of seabirds are threatened and 70% of seabird populations worldwide have disappeared in the last six decades. At sea, bycatches by fishing gear, overfishing, pollution, infrastructure such as wind farms or oil platforms and climate change are threats to the survival of all populations.

Think of an iconic moment in tennis—Rafael Nadal’s win over Roger Federer, John McEnroe throwing a fit, Venus and Serena Williams facing off across the net, Martina Navratilova and Billie Jean King winning the doubles title, Pete Sampras’s career—and even those who don’t follow the sport will likely imagine a game played on the iconic grass courts of Wimbledon. Grass courts have a long and storied history in the sport, and are often considered the ultimate surface that brings out the best in an elite player. What most don’t know is that the Turfgrass Science Program, run by UMass Amherst’s Stockbridge School of Agriculture, is revered not only for its research into sports turfs, but for its grass tennis courts—free for all—that have drawn tennis players from all across the U.S. for more than a decade.

A consortium of 13 national laboratories and universities aims to develop high-energy, long-lasting sodium-ion batteries that are made from inexpensive, abundant materials and reduce U.S. reliance on critical elements used in electric-vehicle batteries.

Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) physicists are on track to bring the institution’s new atomic fountain online in 2025, enabling advanced quantum sensing experimentation in support of precision navigation and timekeeping.