image: Common polymers used to mimic the natural crowding inside the cell may "steal" ions. They are real ion thieves! Photos were taken by courtesy of the Cosmos Museum in Warsaw.view more Credit… [+7711 chars]
Similar to a light switch, RNA switches (called riboswitches) determine which genes turn "on" and "off." Although this may seem like a simple process, the inner workings of these switches have confou… [+5241 chars]
Near-Earth asteroids are interlopers from the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter composed of rocky debris left over when our solar system formed. Planet Earth is at risk of colliding with an aste… [+4421 chars]
The Thesan simulation has helped the scientists learn more about certain processes, such as how far light can travel in the early universe. Scientists have created a simulation of the early universe… [+2752 chars]
According to estimates by the World Health Organization (WHO) more than five percent of the world’s population is affected by hearing loss and deafness, which is mostly caused by loss of hair cells i… [+4885 chars]
How life originated on Earth? This is one of the most interesting questions whose answer is not yet known. However, continuous research is going on to find out the origin of life on Earth. And now as… [+2849 chars]
In a new call for action paper published in Nature Human Behaviour, researchers from the Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History in Jena, Germany, discuss the importance of scent in hum… [+3117 chars]
This cosmic portraitcaptured with the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope's Wide Field Camera 3shows a stunning view of the spiral galaxy NGC 4571, which lies approximately 60 million light-years from Ea… [+1758 chars]
It’s often said that the wheels of government turn slowly, and perhaps nowhere is this on better display than at NASA. While it seems like every week we hear about another commercial space launch or … [+7065 chars]
The northern lights have a certain magical quality, so it's no surprise there are many myths and ... [+] legends surrounding them. getty Thanks to scientific research, we now know what causes the n… [+4529 chars]
Similar to a light switch, RNA switches (called riboswitches) determine which genes turn "on" and "off." Although this may seem like a simple process, the inner workings of these switches have confou… [+5241 chars]
NASA’s Mars Perseverance rover reflects on the tracks of its wheels on March 17, 2022, the 381 Sol day or Sol day of the mission. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech The rover’s autonomous driving capabilities… [+7059 chars]
