Stem rust is one of the deadliest crop diseases. It is caused by a fungus (Puccinia graminis f. sp. tritici) and has severely affected cereal farming throughout its entire history. A new study publis… [+2284 chars]
How does a boa constrictor breathe while squishing its prey in its coils? When the snake tightens its coils around an animal, its own ribs also come under pressure from the snake’s own contracting mu… [+7378 chars]
In the coming days a Russian Soyuz capsule is scheduled to leave the International Space Station for Earth, bringing home three personnel who have completed months of duties on the facility. Two of … [+4473 chars]
In the coming days a Russian Soyuz capsule is scheduled to leave the International Space Station for Earth, bringing home three personnel who have completed months of duties on the facility. Two of … [+4473 chars]
The commercial spaceflight company Axiom Space is cleared to launch the world's first all-private mission to the International Space Station in April, but only after a critical test of NASA's new Ar… [+6112 chars]
NASA astronaut Harrison Schmitt collects lunar samples during the Apollo 17 mission in 1972. NASA In December 1972, NASA astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt drilled into the surface of th… [+3013 chars]
American astronaut of Iranian descent Jasmin Moghbeli has been selected to travel to the International space Station on the Crow-7 SpaceX mission. Moghbeli is a US Marine Corps test pilot and NASA a… [+828 chars]
Starting in April, the northern hemisphere will be treated to an alignment of up to five planets and the moon, all visible together. Planetary alignments, especially at this scale, aren’t common and … [+5046 chars]
Enlarge/ The three-dimensional structures of proteins provide many opportunities for specific interactions. 18 with 14 posters participating Thanks in part to the large range of shapes they can ado… [+3276 chars]
The way electrons flow in materials determine its electronic properties. For example, when a voltage is sustained across a conducting material, electrons start flowing, generating an electrical curre… [+4705 chars]
The later stages of pregnancy can make life difficult as the fetus presses against the diaphragm, making it hard to breathe. But snakes that constrict their victims before swallowing them whole have … [+4130 chars]
THE Sun has been revealed as you've never seen it before. A spacecraft has managed to snap the closest photo yet of our flaming star, marvelling scientists with superior detail. Sun as it's never b… [+2391 chars]
