image: In comparing the gene expression patterns of 26 species with diverse lifespans, University of Rochester biologists found that the characteristics of the different genes were controlled by circ… [+4078 chars]
The Sun is a great starting point for modeling the many physical processes in stellar interiors. However, the results of helioseismology, which provide information on the nature of the Sun’s interior… [+3088 chars]
The Europa Thermal Emission Imaging System (E-THEMIS), one of the nine science instruments which will fly aboard NASA's Europa Clipper spacecraft, recently arrived at the agency's Jet Propulsion Labo… [+1842 chars]
Over 50,000 years ago, the territory of what is now Australia was populated, among others, by very big birds. One of them, Genyornis newtoni, weighed about 250 kilograms. But its size didn’t do it mu… [+3397 chars]
On May 25, 2012, the International Space Station received one of the most important deliveries in its history. Weighing in at 525 kg, the cargo included food, water, clothing, and computer equipmen… [+6386 chars]
Nonlinear optics is an important research direction with various applications in laser manufacturing, nanostructures' fabrication, sensor design, optoelectronics, biophotonics, and quantum optics, et… [+5407 chars]
Lancaster University researchers have developed a camera-like device that for the first time is able to image vortices in quantum liquids. Vortices that form in stirred fluids or tornadoes and cyc… [+1887 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]
Title: Mapping Dark Matter with Extragalactic Stellar Streams: the Case of Centaurus A Authors: Sarah Pearson, Adrian M. Price-Whelan, David W. Hogg, Anil C. Seth, David J. Sand, Jason A. S. Hunt, … [+5990 chars]
Many disease-causing bacteria are able to inhibit the defense mechanisms in plants and thus escape dissolution by the plant cell, a process known as xenophagy. Animal and human cells have a similar m… [+3470 chars]
Newswise — A new study by City, University of London and others suggests that the European cuttlefish (sepia officinalis) may combine, as necessary, two distinct neural systems that process specific … [+3621 chars]
In about 5 billion years, the Sun will leave the main sequence and become a red giant. It'll expand and transform into a glowering, malevolent ball and consume and destroy Mercury, Venus, Earth, and … [+12052 chars]
