The Human Genome Project was an ambitious initiative to sequence every piece of human DNA. The project drew together collaborators from research institutions around the world, including MIT's Whitehe… [+8043 chars]
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) have refined the use of magnetic fields to improve the performance of doughnut-shaped fusion facilities … [+4373 chars]
This paper is a result of a collaboration between Emily Weiss and Samuel I. Stupp and their joint effort as part of the Center for Bio-Inspired Energy Science(CBES) at Northwestern. Weiss, a professo… [+3074 chars]
The Human Genome Project was an ambitious initiative to sequence every piece of human DNA. The project drew together collaborators from research institutions around the world, including Whitehead Ins… [+8336 chars]
From A Portrait of the Scientist as a Young Woman by Lindy Elkins-Tanton. Copyright © 2022 by Linda Elkins-Tanton. Reprinted by permission of William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers. … [+7240 chars]
Whatever you are doing, whether it is driving a car, going for a jog, or even at your laziest, eating chips and watching TV on the couch, there is an entire suite of molecular machinery inside each o… [+7353 chars]
In your home, storing books on a bookshelf, tools in a tool box, and a broom in a broom cupboard makes it easy to access these items whenever you need them. Within the body, hematopoietic stem cells … [+3104 chars]
Fossilised bones discovered on a rocky seashore on England's Isle of Wight are the remains of a meat-eating dinosaur that may be larger than any other known from Europe, a beast that was a cousin of … [+3264 chars]
PhysNASA simulation suggests some volcanoes might warm climate, destroy ozone layerTectonic map of the Earth. Hasterok et al./Earth-Sci.Rev. Based on a series of models considering how the continen… [+3969 chars]
After Earth, Mars is the planet we all cant get enough of it seems. In terms of how readers respond to news about these celestial orbs, Id rank Jupiter third and Pluto (not even a planet!) fourth, … [+6592 chars]
At the current rate of retreat the vast glaciers, which extend deep into the heart of the ice sheet, could contribute as much as 3.4 metres to global sea level rise over the next several centuries.An… [+5068 chars]
ESA's Comet Interceptor mission to visit a pristine comet or other interstellar object just starting its journey into the inner solar system has been "adopted" this week; the study phase is complete … [+5987 chars]