There's a lot going on at NASA's Kennedy Space Center (KSC) in Florida, as new photos show. SpaceX is gearing up for the Friday (April 8) launch of Ax-1 , the first all-private crewed mission to … [+2270 chars]
The development of experimental platforms that advance the field of quantum science and technology (QIST) comes with a unique set of advantages and challenges common to any emergent technology. Resea… [+4669 chars]
A new study provides the first evidence that rising greenhouse gases have a long-term warming effect on the Amundsen Sea in West Antarctica. Scientists from British Antarctic Survey (BAS) say that wh… [+2599 chars]
NASA's venerable space telescope has captured a stunning new view of a galaxy with an active black hole obscured by tendrils of dark dust. The spiral galaxy , known as NGC 7172, is located about 11… [+1743 chars]
It's dawn on December 25, 2021. Your finger is hovering, shakily, over the ultimate button. You're about to launch a $10-billion space telescope called the James Webb Space Telescope on its journey … [+6301 chars]
Oak Ridge National Laboratory scientists had a problem mapping the genomes of bacteria to better understand the origins of their physical traits and improve their function for bioenergy production. T… [+4000 chars]
Enlarge/ Image of the AB Aurigae system, with details of the object shown at the right. 8 with 6 posters participating On some levels, forming stars and planets is simple: They form where there's m… [+4172 chars]
The first in-depth study of a prosthetic finger tip with neural recordings of the human sense of touch has been published in two articles on Royal Society Interface Magazine. led the research profess… [+1928 chars]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Rare vaccine-related blood clots tied to gene; concentrated antibodies may help the immunosuppressed The following is a summary of some recent… [+1279 chars]
A set of dinosaur footprints in Spain has unusual features because the dinosaur that made the tracks had an injured foot, according to a study published April 6, 2022 in the open-access journal PLOS … [+2215 chars]
Earthworms are a welcome sight for gardeners and farmers because the wriggling invertebrates recycle nutrients from soil, making them more accessible to plants. As worms burrow, they consume almost e… [+2909 chars]
Physicists in Finland have created a pumpkin-shaped atomic nucleus that throws off protons in a rare kind of radioactive decay. The nucleus, lutetium-149, has the shortest half-life of any of a gro… [+2328 chars]
