A newly published study by researchers at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa revealed that bacteria alter their swimming patterns when they get into tight spaces -- making a beeline to escape from co… [+2875 chars]
image: Physicist Chad McCoy at Sandia National Laboratories Z machine loads sample coatings into holders. When Z fires, researchers will observe how well particular coatings protect objects stacked b… [+8504 chars]
An international research team, including scientists at Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have used a new observation technique to discover the brightest extragalactic pulsar known, and it … [+2984 chars]
Never-ending fields, towering dunes, and irregular ridges on Io could be formed by winds and lava flowing under a crust of sulfur dioxide ice. A study published on April 19, 2022, in Nature Communica… [+1216 chars]
Low-cost "tree fitbits" can pinpoint the precise timing of tree activities, like spring bloom or autumn leaf change, according to a new CU Boulder study. Researchers outfitted two East Boulder ash tr… [+3821 chars]
We live in a world made and run by RNA, the equally important sibling of the genetic molecule DNA. In fact, evolutionary biologists hypothesize that RNA existed and self-replicated even before the ap… [+8180 chars]
The left hand looks like the right hand in the mirror but the left-handed glove does not fit on the right hand. Chirality refers to this property where the object cannot be superimposed on to the mir… [+2862 chars]
A new climate simulation by NASA suggests that enormous volcanic eruptions called flood basalt eruptions could significantly warm Earths climate and destroy the ozone layer which shields us from the … [+2400 chars]
A California-based company got closer to pulling off the feat of catching a falling rocket on Tuesday as it seeks to make them reusable for satellite launches. But after briefly catching a spent roc… [+806 chars]
A new study by scientists at the University of Utah explains how mom and dad's genes shape behavior. Each parent has a unique influence on hormones and other chemical messengers that control mood and… [+2828 chars]
An anti-idling campaign at two elementary schools was effective in reducing idling time by 38%, and an air monitoring experiment found that air quality around schools can vary over short distances. T… [+4054 chars]
A newly published study by researchers at the University of Hawaii at Mnoa revealed that bacteria alter their swimming patterns when they get into tight spacesmaking a beeline to escape from confinem… [+3157 chars]
