A scientist from the Faculty of Pure and Applied Sciences at the University of Tsukuba developed a method for producing electrically conductive polymers that assume a helical configuration. By using … [+2671 chars]
Layer losses: Fewer excitatory neurons develop in the cortex of mice lacking the gene DDX3X. Courtesy of Debra Silver Loss of the autism-linked gene DDX3X prevents neurons from maturing and alters… [+4434 chars]
PAstronomers have established that mergers are the dominant process for galaxy formation. Over a period of 10 billion years, a series of collisions and mergers of smaller galaxies led to the formatio… [+2077 chars]
It has not been long since space agencies from different countries are launching asteroid exploration missions. In the recent past, NASA launched a mission in 2016 to an asteroid that will bring samp… [+2067 chars]
Levels of helium-4 in the Earths atmosphere have been increasing since at least 1974, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Diego, US that resolves a longstanding a… [+2976 chars]
NASA on Friday shared a new photograph beamed back by its OSIRIS-REx spacecraft which was launched to the asteroid Bennu to scoop its samples. The spacecraft, which took off on September 8, 2016, arr… [+2619 chars]
Short Report Cephalosporins and azithromycin are antimicrobial drugs commonly used to fight diseases caused by Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogens, such as respiratory illness, skin infections… [+12414 chars]
If mechanoluminescent materials are subjected to external mechanical stress, they emit visible or invisible light. Such excitation can occur due to bending or gentle pressure, for example, but also c… [+4150 chars]
A research group from the University of Innsbruck has found out how the Cranial Sensory Ganglia were formed. University of Innsbruck researchers have identified the genetic origin of our senses Res… [+3998 chars]
Due to high hole mobility, pentacene and its derivatives have been the representative organic semiconductor and have been the subject of much research, both basic and applied. In particular, they are… [+2549 chars]
Welcome to the summer American Astronomical Society (AAS) meeting in Pasadena, CA, and online! Astrobites is attending the conference as usual, and we will report highlights from each day here. If yo… [+30801 chars]
A new study published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Science has shed more light on how seals hunt in the deep ocean. The researchers say that the often fawned over sea mammals actually us… [+2478 chars]
