Scientists at the Foundation for Applied Molecular Evolution announced today that ribonucleic acid (RNA), an analog of DNA that was likely the first genetic material for life, spontaneously forms on … [+4910 chars]
Aqueous droplet formation by liquid-liquid phase separation (or coacervation) in macromolecules is a hot topic in life sciences research. Of these various macromolecules that form droplets, DNA is qu… [+3813 chars]
NASA’s Perseverance rover landed on Mars in February 2021. Since then, it has been exploring Jezero Crater, which appears to have housed a river billions of years ago. On Earth, river sediments ofte… [+1236 chars]
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory have captured an image that shows huge rings around a black hole. It’s a composite that shows the ring-encircled black hole in X-ra… [+810 chars]
Archaeologists have unearthed the ancient burial of a woman lying on a bronze bed near the city of Kozani in northern Greece. It dates to the first century B.C. Depictions of mermaids decorate the … [+2404 chars]
NASA is set to launch its 'CAPSTONE' spacecraft mission later this month to orbit around the moon, in preparation for a new lunar space station. The craft, which is around the size of a microwave o… [+7167 chars]
For years, scientists have tried to understand the structure of the Earth. One of these scientists is University of Twente geophysicist Dr. Juan Carlos Afonso (Faculty of ITC). He has recently develo… [+3022 chars]
Few good night sky watchers caught a peek of a brand new meteor shower on Monday night when the Earth passed through the debris route of a crumbling comet. The meteor shower glimpsed around 1 a.m. E… [+1107 chars]
Friday, June 3rd 2022, 5:10 pm - This tiny drone is revolutionizing the exploration of Mars. NASA's Mars helicopter is setting new records. On one of its most recent flights, Ingenuity flew farther … [+4310 chars]
The World Health Organization estimates that nearly 300,000 people die every year due to pregnancy-related causes. A study finds that complex human childbirth and cognitive abilities are a result of… [+5441 chars]
Rice University engineers who mimic atom-scale processes to make them big enough to see have modeled how shear influences grain boundaries in polycrystalline materials. That the boundaries can chang… [+4091 chars]
Three times a day a measurement is transmitted from the National Research Councils Dominion Radio Astrophysical Observatory to a list of recipients around the world. Some use it directly; others arc… [+3803 chars]
