Palo Alto, CA— About 1.2 billion years ago a blue-green bacterium was engulfed by a more complex cell, transforming our planet and allowing a tremendous diversity of plant life to emerge and continue… [+3446 chars]
Scientists have recently developed a nanoprobe using red blood cell membrane-coated ultrasmall NaGdF4 nanoparticles. The nanoprobe exhibited improved longitudinal molar relaxivity compared to the cli… [+6154 chars]
Between 18 million and 12 million years ago, the Great Plains supported an unprecedented variety of hooved mammal species that browsed on leafy vegetationup to three times more than in any modern eco… [+2522 chars]
Science & Exploration08/06/2022447 views22 likes This scarred and colourful (by martian standards!) landscape shows part of Aonia Terra, an upland region in the southern highlands of Mars. The i… [+3020 chars]
The SpaceX Dragon cargo vehicle has been so reliable we rarely have reason to report on it anymore, but the spacecraft has suffered a rare failure that will delay a planned resupply mission. Accordin… [+2136 chars]
Image: NASA/JPL-Caltech/ASU/MSSS NASA is preparing to "patch" the flight computer software on its Ingenuity Mars helicopter to prepare it for flight again after its winter hibernation. The softw… [+3214 chars]
Strains and media condition The wild-type K. phaffii strain CBS7435 (NRRL-Y11430) was used in the REMI screen. The K. phaffii strain dnl4his433 was used for accurate gene disruptions in the effectiv… [+20443 chars]
Recent research from the University of Bern that was published in the journal eLife suggests that weird dreams may help your brain learn more effectively. According to Human Brain Project experts, s… [+4188 chars]
GABAergic synapse properties are modulated by GABAAR activity. a Experimental strategy for panels bf; NV57 neurons were incubated with synaptic inhibitors, half-exchanged media every other day from p… [+5184 chars]
Solid-state nanofluidic channels are promising tools for selective sensing of analytes. However, delayed interaction of recognition moieties with analytes hinders their application in rapid detection… [+6072 chars]
A health worker administers a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine.Credit: Algi Febri Sugita/SOPA Images/LightRocket/Getty Vaccines reduce long COVID risk but not by much Vaccination against COVID-19 c… [+2424 chars]
We all love pets, right? Then why should humans have all the fun! NASA's Perseverance rover has a pet that has stuck by its side for 8 kilometres. The rover's pet came as a surprise, hitching a rid… [+1940 chars]
