Using the Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array (ALMA), astronomers have imaged the debris disk of the nearby star HD 53143 at millimeter wavelengths for the first time, and it looks nothing l… [+4056 chars]
Since the dawn of genetics in the early 20th century, biologists have debated whether evolution is driven more by chance mutations or by the original diversity in the gene pool. Having a lot of gen… [+3766 chars]
Article body copy Hidden inside the Earthwithin the first several hundred kilometers below the crustthere is another ocean. It is, most likely, the largest ocean in the world. This water is not slos… [+4100 chars]
In a paper published today in Science Advances, researchers at the University of Oxford have developed a method using the polarization of light to maximize information storage density and computing p… [+3593 chars]
Optimization of different parameters to generate homogenized insulin NPs The pH of the mixing solution and the ratio of the chitosan and insulin were two critical factors affecting the particle size… [+17957 chars]
Antarctica's so-called Doomsday Glacier is losing ice at its fastest rate in 5,500 years, raising concerns about the ice sheet's future and the possibility of catastrophic sea level rise caused by th… [+4718 chars]
This week marks the tenth anniversary of the first big survey of microbial diversity in the human body, published in Nature by the Human Microbiome Project (HMP) Consortium, of which I was a member. … [+4874 chars]
In this series of posts, we sit down with a few of the plenary 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… [+5069 chars]
A new study published in Nature today has identified a potential Achilles heel in the protective layers surrounding Gram-negative bacteria that could aid in the development of next-generation antibio… [+3132 chars]
In our study, specimens were kept voluminous during the cryo-SEM and confocal LSM measurements. This is important because the microstructure of thin layer differs significantly from that of bulk matt… [+16924 chars]
LUXEMBOURG, June 15, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Asteroid Day events are scheduled around the globe after two years of mostly digital events and programming. These events are largely independently organized… [+8768 chars]
How did life begin? The answer may lie in the hot springs of WA's arid northwest. The vast Ngarla country, also known as the Pilbara, has a long memory. Ancient jade, basalt and granite boiled up fr… [+3571 chars]
