Doxorubicin (DOX) is a powerful anti-cancer medication, and efforts have been made to design nanostructures for delivering it to cancerous cells. The nanostructures increase the cytotoxic effects of … [+6460 chars]
Some galaxies, like the Milky Way, have maintained regular star formation for billions of years. Others, like large elliptical galaxies, are “red and dead.” Star formation in those galaxies shut off … [+2430 chars]
This file handout photograph released by the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) on December 24, 2020, shows samples of soil from the asteroid Ryugu, inside C compartment of the capsule collect… [+3012 chars]
Archaea are present in the gut microbiome throughout the animal kingdom We analysed samples from 250 species of animals (n=341 samples) ranging from invertebrates to mammals the majority of which, e… [+45208 chars]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain For over a century, scientists have sought to understand how fish orient against an incoming flow, even without visual and flow cues. In a study published in eLife… [+1790 chars]
When Donald York was a student beginning his career in astronomy in the 1960s, it was very difficult to get enough time on a telescope to make observations. We were suffering from a deficit of data,… [+4830 chars]
The 24th Congress of the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, also encompassing space information sciences, took place this week in Nice. Thales Alenia Space was one of the ev… [+6170 chars]
Researchers from the Institute of Laser Physics at Universität Hamburg have succeeded for the first time in realizing a time crystal that spontaneously breaks continuous time translation symmetry. Th… [+2263 chars]
NASA's Perseverance rover has picked up a rocky hitchhiker on Mars. The rover has collected a "pet rock" tucked inside its left front wheel that has been riding along with Perseverance since early … [+2867 chars]
Ingenuity, NASAs autonomous Mars helicopter, was only meant to complete five flights. But since its history-making first flight in April 2021, the helicopter has flown 28 times, and preparation is un… [+3626 chars]
Researchers want a better view of rapidly intensifying storms Hurricane Ida is seen in an image taken aboard the International Space Station in August 2021. Image: European Space Agency via NASA … [+2568 chars]
A study from the University of Michigan has utilized new technology to help determine the migration patterns of mastodons. By analyzing isotopes from a mastodon’s tusk, the researchers determined tha… [+1917 chars]
