Salt water within the icy shell of Jupiter’s moon Europa could be transporting oxygen into an ice-covered ocean of liquid water where it could potentially help sustain alien life, according to a new … [+3779 chars]
Stem cells can develop into many different types of cells in the body. For instance, when a person is injured, stem cells come to the site of the injury and aid in healing damaged tissues. New nanote… [+3365 chars]
As comets approach the Sun, they release gas and dust known to astronomers as cometary activity. For comets passing near or inside Earth's orbit, this activity slows over successive orbits. Universit… [+4199 chars]
<li>Tang, J. et al. The genomic landscapes of individual melanocytes from human skin. Nature586, 600605 (2020). ADS CAS PubMed PubMed Central Google Scholar </li><li>Fowler, J. C. et al… [+19339 chars]
Physicists at the University of Bayreuth are among the international pioneers of power functional theory. This new approach makes it possible for the first time to precisely describe the dynamics of … [+3747 chars]
The Perseverance rover is already a massive success after arriving on the red planet more than a year ago. It has collected samples, beamed back scientific results, and even helped to launch the firs… [+2474 chars]
According to a study published in Microbial Cell Factories, a team led by Prof. Zheng Zhiming and associate Prof. Wang Peng from the Hefei Institutes of Physical Science (HFIPS) of the Chinese Academ… [+2203 chars]
Speculation that Vande Hei might not return to Earth on the Russian Soyuz spacecraft due to tensions between the U.S. and Russia over the war had been denied by both sides. Vande Hei and Dubrov arri… [+230 chars]
Very few people who think about watches think very much about clocks. But clocks were here long before watches (a lot longer if you count things like sundials and water clocks, and I do), and they wi… [+6810 chars]
Becoming an astronaut is a pretty common dream for kids in kindergarten. Going to Mars or orbiting the Earth is just one of those things that captures the minds of our kids. It seems outlandish and a… [+2003 chars]
Since the formation of the Milky Way, it has been growing in both mass and size through a sequence of mergers with other galaxies. The fascinating fact: this process is still ongoing. By using data … [+2536 chars]
The Solar Orbiter spacecraft, a NASA and European Space Agency (ESA) joint venture, has created history! The spacecraft has come closer to the Sun than any other craft ever. The spacecraft completed … [+1865 chars]
