Tiny predatory bacteria attack microorganisms. These ultramicrobacteria are widely distributed, for example, in sewage treatment plants and in the seafloor. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute fo… [+4572 chars]
Tiny biological computers made of DNA could revolutionize the way we diagnose and treat a slew of diseases, once the technology is fully fleshed out. However, a major stumbling block for these DNA-ba… [+7942 chars]
Space can be terrifying. After all, there’s so much we just don’t know about the universe beyond our own planet’s atmosphere. While a lot of the scary parts of space–like no oxygen–can’t hurt us on E… [+2843 chars]
Kei Nakamura, Antoine Snijders and Lieselotte Obst-Huebl (from left) at the BELLA laser facility aligning cartridges containing human cells in the proton beam path. This setup enabled measurements of… [+11818 chars]
NASA is set to launch a pair of rockets through an active aurora to study the natural light display. Often spotted in a polar climate, aurora borealis (also known as the northern lights) are actuall… [+2261 chars]
A potentially hazardous asteroid is headed towards Earth today March 24, according to NASA. After a couple of smaller asteroids flew past the Earth earlier this week, this will be the largest asteroi… [+2045 chars]
The ancestors of many animal species alive today may have lived in a delta in what is now China, new research suggests.The Cambrian Explosion, more than 500 million years ago, saw the rapid spread of… [+4143 chars]
A piece of “junk DNA” could be the key to extinguishing fear-related memories for people struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder and phobia, according to a new study. Researchers discovered t… [+1903 chars]
Rare-earth elements are crucial components in all kinds of electronics, from smartphones and broadband cables to wind turbines and electric cars. But coming up with useful compounds that can expand o… [+3254 chars]
Rare-earth elements are crucial components in all kinds of electronics, from smartphones and broadband cables to wind turbines and electric cars. But coming up with useful compounds that can expand o… [+3254 chars]
Using data from ESA's Gaia mission, astronomers have shown that a part of the Milky Way known as the 'thick disc' began forming 13 billion years ago, around 2 billion years earlier than expected, and… [+7663 chars]
A University of Iowa neuroscience research team has identified a fundamental biochemical mechanism underlying memory storage and has linked this mechanism to cognitive deficits in mouse models of Alz… [+2762 chars]
