A University of Arizona tree-ring expert is closer than ever to pinning down the date of the infamous Thera volcano eruption -- a goal she has pursued for decades.Charlotte Pearson, an associate prof… [+6132 chars]
The Netflix series Black Mirror predicted robot dogs, but it overlooked the possibility of another athletic, probably more benign tech critter. A new machine with jumping capabilities from the Uni… [+4089 chars]
May offers an unusual skywatching bounty: the possibility of two major celestial highlights occurring within the span of a single month. The first, a total lunar eclipse , is a certainty, but the s… [+6689 chars]
A cross-disciplinary University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) team has demonstrated a major breakthrough in using automated synthesis to discover new molecules for organic electronics applic… [+8156 chars]
WASHINGTON — An international research team led by scientists at Georgetown University has found that city wildlife might pose less of a threat for future pandemics than once thought. In a study pub… [+5637 chars]
NASA has shared skywatching highlights for the month of May, which include a total lunar eclipse, a couple of great planet-spotting opportunities such as the conjunction between Jupiter and Mars and … [+1551 chars]
In the coming decade, NASA and China plan to send the first crewed missions to Mars. This will consist of both agencies sending spacecraft in 2033, 2035, 2037, and every 26 months after that to coinc… [+7256 chars]
A study published in "Earth-Science Reviews" revealed in October 2020 that lava tubes on Mars and the moon could be used to build safe habitats that protect humans from radiation. The study recognize… [+1503 chars]
Scientists have detected the brightest pulsar ever observed outside the Milky Way, revealing the true identity of a far-off luminous object previously mistaken for a distant galaxy. Pulsars are incr… [+4475 chars]
The final piece of an all-new detector has completed the first leg of its journey towards unlocking some of the most enduring mysteries of the universe. The 41-million-pixel Vertex Locator (VELO) wa… [+7165 chars]
New research indicates why hugs and other varieties of “pleasant touch” feel good. The study in mice identifies a chemical messenger that carries signals between nerve cells that transmit the sensat… [+5020 chars]
A group of rare diseases called ciliopathies -- polycystic kidney disease notable among them -- emerge from defects in cilia. These are the tiny hairlike structures on the surface of almost every cel… [+3331 chars]
