Scientists have found an ancient life form from 800 million years ago that may be alive. Geologists from West Virginia University claim to have found microorganisms inside the Browne Formation, an 83… [+2279 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]
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]
NASA's Perseverance rover will begin its climb up the ancient delta feature known as "Hawksbill Gap" on Mars today, May 17, according to a post from NASA. This is the Perseverance team's "main astro… [+2710 chars]
Last week, NASA released even more images from the James Webb Space Telescope, as it continues to test its instruments before science missions begin. And these incredible, crisp-clean images come o… [+3427 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]
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]
There was a time when we thought a 50 MHz 486 was something to get excited about. In comparison, the computer this post was written on clocks in at about 3.8 GHz, which these days, isn’t an especiall… [+1842 chars]
CAPE CANAVERAL: A NASA spacecraft on Mars is headed for a dusty demise. The Insight lander is losing power because of all the dust on its solar panels. NASA said Tuesday (May 17) it will keep using … [+1954 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]
ByJet Propulsion LaboratoryMay 17, 2022 Martian surface frost, made up largely of carbon dioxide, appears bluish-white in these images from the Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) camera aboard… [+7070 chars]
