Cells in a petri dish. getty To find life on other planets, scientists have to know what theyre looking for. To know what theyre looking for, they have to unravel the mystery of how life originate… [+3393 chars]
Cells in a petri dish. getty To find life on other planets, scientists have to know what theyre looking for. To know what theyre looking for, they have to unravel the mystery of how life originate… [+3393 chars]
ByÉcole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)May 17, 2022 Illustration of cloud-like ionized plasma in the ITER fusion reactor tokamak. Credit: ITER Physicists at EPFL, within a large European … [+7209 chars]
Plasmids have extensive use in basic and applied biology. These small, circular DNA molecules are used by scientists to introduce new genes into a target organism. Well known for their applications i… [+3956 chars]
All living things, including people, need zinc in their diets. Getting too little of this essential metal can impair growth and cause immune dysfunction, neurological disorders and cancer. Unfortunat… [+4298 chars]
Insects have complex anatomical features due to which the process of gene editing in many insect species like cockroaches has always been tricky for scientists. But a study recently published in the … [+4790 chars]
Several parts of Antarctica have actually seen a rise in the last 20 years, despite the ongoing global warming and climate change that has wreaked havoc since the late 20th century. Unsplash Also R… [+2732 chars]
Aurora borealis is a beautiful dance of light across the sky. If you want to observe this brilliant natural wonder, you have to go to countries near the North Pole, Scandinavian countries preferably.… [+1263 chars]
Scientists have demonstrated a new material that conducts heat 150% more efficiently than conventional materials used in advanced chip technologies.The device -- an ultrathin silicon nanowire -- coul… [+9112 chars]
Einstein's theory of special relativity teaches us that time is relative. But what does it mean for time to be relative? How can we live in a universe where nobody can agree on when events start, whe… [+5276 chars]
The size of a Near-Earth Object is something that scientists always keep an eye on. The larger the object, the larger the threat. Next month, another NEO will whiz by our planet, but, thankfully, e… [+3445 chars]
image: Rocket exhaust plume at 30 km as obtained by high-resolution computational fluid dynamics simulations. Temperature varies from 680 K (dark yellow) to 2,400 K (bright yellow).view more Credit… [+3701 chars]