In April, a team of planetary scientists spread across the U.S. authored a report as part of the Planetary Science Decadal Survey, placing scientific pressure on NASA to build and loft a probe capabl… [+5100 chars]
Plesiosaurs, which lived about 210 million years ago, adapted to life underwater in a unique way: their front and hind legs evolved in the course of evolution to form four uniform, wing-like flippers… [+6142 chars]
Most mammals, including humans, are diploid. That is, nuclear DNA (nrDNA) exists as pairs of chromosomes (humans have 23 pairs of chromosomes, while mice have 20). This pair of chromosomes are homolo… [+6057 chars]
A team of researchers affiliated with several institutions in France has developed a means of using pairs of Cooper pairs to protect qubits inside a quantum computer from external noise. In their pap… [+2275 chars]
Since he was young, Chih-Wei Joshua Liu 22 always knew he wanted to be a physician-scientist, pursuing research at the intersection of basic science and medicine. Growing up, I wanted to do work th… [+7673 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]
Molecular vibrational spectroscopy is extensively used in imaging and sensing applications, which provides molecular level intrinsic information. In an article recently published in the journal Analy… [+6330 chars]
A single-cell method developed by RIKEN biophysicists, that can rapidly classify hundreds of thousands of bacteria according to species, promises to be an invaluable tool for discovering how gut, ski… [+3053 chars]
Ka mua, ka muri. We walk backward into the future, with our eyes on the past. This whakatauk (proverb) represents a New Zealand Mori perspective that has much in common with the way Earth scientists … [+15546 chars]
In the upcoming weeks, the James Webb Space Telescope will be in a unique position to observe the surface of the planet 55 Cancri e, also known as "SuperEarth" located 50 light-years from our planet … [+2600 chars]
GPS might rely on satellites to function on Earth, but its use in space is a little trickier. NASA is preparing to test a new lunar navigation system that will connect to the Earth's Global Navigati… [+2626 chars]
image: In a Rice University study, a polycrystalline material spinning in a magnetic field reconfigures as grain boundaries appear and disappear due to circulation at the interface of the voids. The … [+6820 chars]
