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]
Following is a summary of current science news briefs. Gilead's remdesivir fails to show benefit in European trial; no fetus risk seen with first trimester vaccination The following is a summary of… [+1512 chars]
The Crew Dragon spacecraft carrying four astronauts from three countries launches from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral of Florida, the United States, April 23, 2021.Photo:Xinhua The la… [+1684 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]
Newswise — COLUMBUS, Ohio – The next generation of catalytic converters could have longer lifetimes and need fewer rare materials to operate, a new study suggests. Catalytic converters turn harmful … [+4102 chars]
Why did the Tyrannosaurus rex have such short arms? A new theory has emerged that suggests it might have been for defense during feeding frenzies. Driving the news: Scientists recently theorized in … [+1512 chars]
Innovation often leads to new products, but new methods can be just as groundbreaking. It was the chance to help develop those methods that drew chemical engineering doctoral student Soumil Joshi fr… [+6569 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]
NASA’s huge new James Webb Space Telescope is the most powerful telescope ever launched into space, but the agency is already looking toward the future. It is currently exploring the possibility of c… [+5710 chars]
Newswise — Plant-foliage-derived gases drive a previously unknown atmospheric phenomenon over the Amazon rainforest, according to a recent study by researchers at Pacific Northwest National Laborator… [+6226 chars]
Todays stories range from Was Our Universe Created in a Laboratory to Mystery Signal Traced to a Nearby Galaxys Globular Cluster to Jupiters Moon Europa, Chaos Terrains Could be Shuttling Oxygen to O… [+5492 chars]
Researchers have identified the complete series of 10 factors that regulate the development of brain cell types in the visual system of fruit flies -- including in what order these neurons develop. T… [+4826 chars]
