A new artificial enzyme has shown it can chew through lignin, the tough polymer that helps woody plants hold their shape. Lignin also stores tremendous potential for renewable energy and materials.Re… [+5659 chars]
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter is still pushing boundaries long after its first Mars liftoff. As CNETnotes, the space agency has shared video of Ingenuity's milestone 25th flight on April 8th, when it b… [+1018 chars]
Itll cost you millions of dollars to jump on a Space X flight into orbit. But thanks to a new immersive exhibition we can leave Earth and head out into space without stepping foot on a space craft. … [+1421 chars]
Shallow clouds formed by fine-scale eddies as observed in nature. Researchers are using advanced computing to add higher-resolution cloud dynamics into global simulations. Credit: Creative commons W… [+9662 chars]
A new study published in Current Biology suggests that the European cuttlefish (sepia officinalis) may combine, as necessary, two distinct neural systems that process specific visual features from it… [+4084 chars]
Solar sailing technology has been a dream of many for decades. The simple elegance of sailing on the light waves of the sun does have a dreamy aspect to it that has captured the imagination of engine… [+3444 chars]
In tension: the cosmic microwave background as seen by the Planck space telescope. It yields a value of the Hubble constant that is different from values measured in the nearby universe. (Courtesy: E… [+6357 chars]
The world's largest plant has been found hiding in plain sight in Western Australia and is at least as old as Egypt's great pyramids. The aquatic ribbon weed, which covers about 200 square kilometre… [+2880 chars]
One of the most tedious, daunting tasks for undergraduate assistants in university research labs involves looking hours on end through a microscope at samples of material, trying to find monolayers.T… [+3434 chars]
Infectious microbes have evolved sophisticated means to invade host cells, outwit the body’s defenses and cause disease. While researchers have tried to puzzle out the complicated interactions betwee… [+10381 chars]
Solar sailing technology has been a dream of many for decades. The simple elegance of sailing on the light waves of the sun does have a dreamy aspect to it that has captured the imagination of engine… [+3444 chars]
Spacecraft Orion on orbit of Earth planet. Spaceship in space. Expedition to Moon. Artemis program. ... [+] Elements of this image furnished by NASA (url: https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/sty… [+7712 chars]
