Something unusual is happening in the depths of the Arctic ocean: sinkholes are opening up on the seabed, some as large as a city block! This discovery, published in the Proceedings of the National… [+3099 chars]
A potential cornucopia of neuroactive compounds, which might yield clues to the design of future psychiatric and neurological drugs, has become more accessible to synthetic chemists, thanks to new wo… [+3243 chars]
THE DODO could be brought back to life hundreds of years after going extinct thanks to a DNA breakthrough. Scientists have managed to sequence the entire genome of the flightless bird for the first … [+2487 chars]
Engineers at the University of Cincinnati have developed a promising electrochemical system to convert emissions from chemical and power plants into useful products while addressing climate change.UC… [+3308 chars]
How do you bring together two molecules that positively repel each other? A Northwestern University-led research team has developed a simple and versatile solution: Introduce an electron with a jolt … [+4346 chars]
Polarization, the direction in which light vibrates, provides a lot of information about the objects with which it interacts, from aerosols in the atmosphere to the magnetic field of stars. However, … [+3113 chars]
A beautiful new shot of Jupiter reveals two interlopers faintly creeping into the frame. The image, taken during a January 12 flyby of the giant planet by NASAs intrepid Juno probe features a cameo… [+3676 chars]
The more sensitive the instrument, the harder it is to keep clean. Essentially, this was the case for the James Webb Space Telescope while it awaited launch late last year, after it arrived at Aria… [+4649 chars]
More than ten years ago, the so-called rare earth crisis highlighted the fragility of the supply chain of these metals, which are crucial for the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Most of the w… [+5869 chars]
Polarization, the direction in which light vibrates, provides a lot of information about the objects with which it interacts, from aerosols in the atmosphere to the magnetic field of stars. However,… [+3137 chars]
The rover’s self-driving capabilities will be put to the test this month as it begins a record-breaking series of sprints to its next sampling location. NASA’s Perseverance Mars rover is trying to c… [+6906 chars]
A new search for the elusive Planet Nine has once again yielded nary a sniff of a sneaky outer Solar System body. Although the hypothetical object continues to evade detection, a six-year search in … [+4061 chars]
