NASA's Lucy space probe had a unique perspective of the recent total lunar eclipse on the night of May 15th. Here on Earth, during a total lunar eclipse, the Moon takes on a reddish appearance due t… [+1808 chars]
This spin foam is a 3+1-dimensional structure, where the 1 represents the direction along which the changes between spin networks occur. What is remarkable about spin foams is that although they seem… [+4474 chars]
3-D: Short for three-dimensional. This term is an adjective for something that has features that can be described in three dimensions height, width and length. align: (noun: alignment) To place or… [+4727 chars]
Humans have used brewers yeast for millennia to make delicious bread and beer. And despite the fact that it's a microorganism, we have far more in common with the yeast than you might think. In fac… [+6464 chars]
Chromosomal evolution and signatures in Oecomys (Rodentia, Sigmodontinae) As mentioned above, there is a large variation in 2n from 54 to 86 and in FNa from 62 to 140 among the Oecomys species, with… [+19766 chars]
In a 2018 study, Carell and his team reported that the classic nucleotides and the noncanonical nucleotides likely all evolved at the same time before the dawn of life. Some of those in transfer and … [+4348 chars]
Mercury, the smallest planet in our solar system, has been looming close to the sun for billions of years and has conditions impossible to support life. And it is this extreme vicinity to the sun tha… [+2494 chars]
image: The pink blocks show the distribution of late Cenozoic magmatism in the QDNB and its adjacent areasview more Credit: ©Science China Press This study is led by Dr. Shaohong Xia (South China … [+3294 chars]
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By analyzing the data from four space observatories, European astronomers have presented a complete and thorough X-ray view of an active galactic nucleus in a nearby spiral galaxy known as NGC 4258. … [+3798 chars]
