Chinese scientists have created the most detailed map of the Moon yet. It took them 10 years and involved hundreds of researchers. The new map will be a boon to lunar exploration and for anyone who j… [+2642 chars]
E. coli cells used in the long-term evolution experiment (LTEE) on an agar plate.Credit: Jeffrey Barrick On 24 February 1988, evolutionary biologist Richard Lenski filled 12 flasks with sugary growt… [+8431 chars]
ByUniversity of UtahJune 14, 2022 Mathematicians have discovered that moiré patterns formed by rotating and stretching one lattice relative to another may be used to design a variety of composite ma… [+8035 chars]
The properties of cephalopod skin have been harnessed to create an artificial skin with potential applications for neurorobotics, skin prosthetics, and artificial organs. The new skin, developed in… [+2653 chars]
Integration of environmental signals on the expression of the photoprotection-related genes. (A) Schematic summary of changing light quality and quantity throughout the day. Blue light reaches deeper… [+6477 chars]
Its hard to find a place on Earth untouched by palladium. The silvery-white metal is a key part of catalytic converters in the worlds 1.4 billion cars, which spew specks of palladium into the atmosph… [+16958 chars]
Can trees adapt to (climate) change? Which trees are more or less capable of doing so, and why? A group of researchers from all over the world set to work on these questions. Professor of Environment… [+3870 chars]
Thank you to everyone who wrote in last month to confirm that, indeed, only journalists care what happens to Twitter. As Elon Musks bizarre dance between buying the company and trash-talking it into … [+2778 chars]
The crew for the first mission in the privately funded Polaris program is scaling new heights to prepare for their record-breaking SpaceX flight later this year. A mission profile, launch schedule e… [+4487 chars]
Olivine is an important component of Earth's upper mantle. The effect of boron on the properties of olivine has been previously ignored since boron is largely incompatible with olivine. Most recovere… [+2475 chars]
In this series of posts, we sit down with a few of the keynote speakers of the 240th AAS meeting to learn more about them and their research. You can see a full schedule of their talks here, and read… [+2870 chars]
Within the same species of butterfly many different wing patterns can occur. How is this possible? According to researchers Ben Wielstra and Emma Berdan, of the Institute of Biology Leiden (IBL), the… [+3992 chars]
