Julia Dollivera They were the largest earthly creatures the earth had ever known. But what survived millions of years of fossilization in a particular area of the Ponte Alta region of Brazil was not… [+3421 chars]
When Dr. Shiran Barber-Zucker joined the lab of Prof. Sarel Fleishman as a postdoctoral fellow, she chose to pursue an environmental dream: breaking down plastic waste into useful chemicals. Nature h… [+6605 chars]
A small dinosaur leg discovered in southwestern North Dakota may have been ripped from the animal's body on the same day a giant asteroid struck Earth and eventually wiped out the dinosaurs. The tea… [+3387 chars]
According to NASA, the comet is 129 kilometres across, and its nucleus is about 50 times larger than most-known comets. It is estimated to weigh an incredible 500 trillion tons. Named C/2014 UN271 … [+1391 chars]
Alternative splicing is a fundamental biological process that allows cells to make many different types of mRNAs and proteins from a limited number of genes. For many animals, including humans, it is… [+3456 chars]
The NASA team worked out the size of the nucleus by 'subtracting' the coma of gas and dust that surrounds it. (NASA) NASAs Hubble Space Telescope has worked out the size of a huge comet nucleus spot… [+3200 chars]
Clouds come in myriad shapes, sizes and types, which control their effects on climate. New research led by the University of Washington shows that splintering of frozen liquid droplets to form ice sh… [+2757 chars]
After arriving at the International Space Station on Saturday, the four crew members of Axiom Spaces Ax-1 mission have been busy at work onboard the floating low-Earth orbit laboratory. The crew of… [+3016 chars]
Apr 13 2022Reviewed by Alex Smith Exploring the realm of the extraordinarily small is fascinating for physicists. Completely new and unanticipated phenomena are revealed at the nanometer scale where… [+2419 chars]
The James Webb Space Telescope notched a cool milestone — literally — during its months-long calibration for deep-space observations. The final instrument aboard the $10 billion James Webb Space Tel… [+3855 chars]
Astronomers say they have seen the largest comet nucleus ever thanks to NASA's Hubble Space Telescope. Key points: <ul><li>Comet C/2014 UN271 has been observed and studied since 2010 </li><li>The … [+2371 chars]
The human brain is organized in functional networksconnected brain regions that communicate with each other through dedicated pathways. That is how we perceive our senses, how the body moves, how we … [+2419 chars]
