Biologist Xinnian Dong says her "best Christmas gift ever" arrived in the form of a phone call. The call was from her longtime friend and collaborator at Duke University, Pei Zhou, who rang with long… [+4046 chars]
Like every solar-panel-powered vehicle on Mars, maintaining electrical power always becomes an issue at some point in the mission. Last week, mission controllers at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory lost… [+6197 chars]
Scientists at the Natural History Museum in London used whale skulls to trace three waves of evolution among whalesScientists from the Natural History Museum in London have used whale skulls to expla… [+3659 chars]
When exposed to pathogens, the common lab plant A. thaliana relies on a defense protein called NPR1 to stay healthy (right). Plants that lack NPR1 (left) become infected and develop yellow leaves. Cr… [+4575 chars]
Early on the morning of Monday May 16, Ireland will see a total eclipse of the moon just as the sun is rising and the moon is setting. A lunar eclipse occurs when the sun, earth and the moon are ali… [+739 chars]
ByMichael McCarthy, University of WashingtonMay 11, 2022 Scientists have located an area in the mouse genome where genetic variation is associated with differences in the mutation rate between indiv… [+3271 chars]
A superconducting particle accelerator has been cooled down to just two degrees above absolute zero (-456 degrees Fahrenheit). This is where its superconductivity kicks in and it can deliver high-ene… [+1728 chars]
NASA has released a composite of Mars snaps that all share the same feature. Released last week, the patchwork consists of four bird's-eye view images snapped from above the red planet by an orbitin… [+1877 chars]
NeuroMechFly, the first accurate digital twin of the fly Drosophila melanogaster, offers a highly valuable testbed for studies that advance biomechanics and biorobotics. This could help pave the way … [+5621 chars]
<li>Chomiuk, L., Metzger, B. D. & Shen, K. J. New insights into classical novae. Annu. Rev. Astron. Astrophys.59, 391-444 (2021). </li><li>Starrfield, S., Iliadis, C. & Hix, W. R. The thermo… [+8155 chars]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission will explore how the ocean absorbs atmospheric heat and carbon, moderating global temperatures and climate change. T… [+6768 chars]
Jars of 150-year-old platypus and echidna specimens that prove some mammals lay eggs have been discovered at an English museum. Collected in the late 1800s by the scientist William Caldwell, the tin… [+2400 chars]
